Chef Server v11 installation failure

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[2013-02-06T21:36:39+00:00] INFO: *** Chef 11.0.0 ***
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[chef-server]"] from JSON
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[chef-server]]
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: Run List expands to [chef-server]
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for chef
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: Running start handlers
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: directory[/etc/chef-server] created directory /etc/chef-server
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: directory[/etc/chef-server] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: directory[/etc/chef-server] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:40+00:00] INFO: directory[/etc/chef-server] mode changed to 775
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for directory[/var/opt/chef-server/chef-server-webui/etc] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] WARN: Previous directory[/var/opt/chef-server/chef-server-webui/etc]: /opt/chef-server/embedded/cookbooks/chef-server/recipes/chef-server-webui.rb:31:in `block in from_file'
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] WARN: Current  directory[/var/opt/chef-server/chef-server-webui/etc]: /opt/chef-server/embedded/cookbooks/chef-server/definitions/unicorn_config.rb:21:in `block in from_file'
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: user[chef_server] created
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: group[chef_server] altered
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/etc/chef] group changed to 999
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/etc/chef] mode changed to 775
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server] created directory /var/opt/chef-server
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server] mode changed to 755
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: cookbook_file[/etc/init/opscode-runsvdir.conf] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: cookbook_file[/etc/init/opscode-runsvdir.conf] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: cookbook_file[/etc/init/opscode-runsvdir.conf] mode changed to 644
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: cookbook_file[/etc/init/opscode-runsvdir.conf] created file /etc/init/opscode-runsvdir.conf
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: execute[initctl status opscode-runsvdir] ran successfully
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: execute[initctl start opscode-runsvdir] ran successfully
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq] created directory /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq] owner changed to 999
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq] mode changed to 700
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/etc] created directory /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/etc
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/etc] owner changed to 999
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/etc] mode changed to 700
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db] created directory /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db] owner changed to 999
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db] mode changed to 700
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/log/chef-server/rabbitmq] created directory /var/log/chef-server/rabbitmq
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/log/chef-server/rabbitmq] owner changed to 999
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: directory[/var/log/chef-server/rabbitmq] mode changed to 700
[2013-02-06T21:36:41+00:00] INFO: link[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmq-multi] created
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/embedded/service/rabbitmq/sbin/rabbitmq-env] backed up to /var/chef/backup/opt/chef-server/embedded/service/rabbitmq/sbin/rabbitmq-env.chef-20130206213642
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/embedded/service/rabbitmq/sbin/rabbitmq-env] updated content
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/embedded/service/rabbitmq/sbin/rabbitmq-env] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/embedded/service/rabbitmq/sbin/rabbitmq-env] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/embedded/service/rabbitmq/sbin/rabbitmq-env] mode changed to 755
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/etc/rabbitmq.conf] updated content
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/etc/rabbitmq.conf] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/etc/rabbitmq.conf] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/etc/rabbitmq.conf] mode changed to 644
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq] created directory /opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq] mode changed to 755
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log] created directory /opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log] mode changed to 755
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log/main] created directory /opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log/main
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log/main] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log/main] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: directory[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log/main] mode changed to 755
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/run] updated content
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/run] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/run] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/run] mode changed to 755
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log/run] updated content
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log/run] owner changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log/run] group changed to 0
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: template[/opt/chef-server/sv/rabbitmq/log/run] mode changed to 755
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: link[/opt/chef-server/init/rabbitmq] created
[2013-02-06T21:36:42+00:00] INFO: link[/opt/chef-server/service/rabbitmq] created
[2013-02-06T21:36:47+00:00] INFO: ruby_block[supervise_rabbitmq_sleep] called
[2013-02-06T21:36:47+00:00] INFO: execute[/opt/chef-server/bin/chef-server-ctl start rabbitmq] ran successfully
[2013-02-06T21:36:47+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 9 attempt(s) left
[2013-02-06T21:36:49+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 8 attempt(s) left
[2013-02-06T21:36:51+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 7 attempt(s) left
[2013-02-06T21:36:53+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 6 attempt(s) left
[2013-02-06T21:36:55+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 5 attempt(s) left
[2013-02-06T21:36:57+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 4 attempt(s) left
[2013-02-06T21:36:59+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 3 attempt(s) left
[2013-02-06T21:37:01+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 2 attempt(s) left
[2013-02-06T21:37:03+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 1 attempt(s) left
[2013-02-06T21:37:06+00:00] INFO: Retrying execution of execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid], 0 attempt(s) left

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Error executing action `run` on resource 'execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid]'
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Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
------------------------------------
Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
---- Begin output of /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid ----
STDOUT: 
STDERR: erlexec: HOME must be set
---- End output of /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid ----
Ran /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid returned 1


Resource Declaration:
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# In /opt/chef-server/embedded/cookbooks/chef-server/recipes/rabbitmq.rb

 80:   execute "/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u #{node["chef_server"]["user"]["username"]} -U #{node["chef_server"]["user"]["username"]} /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid" do
 81:     retries 10
 82:   end
 83: 



Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /opt/chef-server/embedded/cookbooks/chef-server/recipes/rabbitmq.rb:80:in `from_file'

execute("/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid") do
  action "run"
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  command "/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid"
  backup 5
  returns 0
  cookbook_name :"chef-server"
  recipe_name "rabbitmq"
end



[2013-02-06T21:37:08+00:00] INFO: Running queued delayed notifications before re-raising exception
[2013-02-06T21:37:08+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2013-02-06T21:37:08+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2013-02-06T21:37:08+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /opt/chef-server/embedded/cookbooks/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2013-02-06T21:37:08+00:00] FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: execute[/opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid] (chef-server::rabbitmq line 80) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
---- Begin output of /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid ----
STDOUT: 
STDERR: erlexec: HOME must be set
---- End output of /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid ----
Ran /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/chpst -u chef_server -U chef_server /opt/chef-server/embedded/bin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/opt/chef-server/rabbitmq/db/rabbit@localhost.pid returned 1

did u get around this?

No, I did not get around it. But I avoided it long enough to forget about it, encounter it again, search the Web for related information, come upon my own gist, and prepare to contact the author to ask about potential resolution, then notice that the author is me. Heh.

You are not the only one to run into this. I had the same thing happen twice following the installation instructions exactly form OpsCode on a vanilla Linode Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64. First time I destroyed the VM and tried it again. Same result. Chef package intalled: chef_11.4.2-1.ubuntu.11.04_amd64.deb

It looks like I got it working. Third time's a charm, eh? Started with another vanilla Linode (Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64) but this time I followed these instructions:
http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/03/11/chef-11-server-up-and-running/

I bet that rather than destroying the VM I could have just done:

sudo aptitude purge chef chef-server; 
sudo rm -rf /opt/chef*

You'll also get this error if you don't define 'localhost' in your /etc/hosts file. Make sure you have this line in it:

127.0.0.1 localhost