Chef context of carbon-cache failing to start in the graphite-chef recipe.

gistfile1.txt

[2013-05-05T23:37:03+00:00] INFO: Processing service[carbon-cache] action enable (graphite::carbon line 68)
[2013-05-05T23:37:03+00:00] INFO: Processing service[carbon-cache] action start (graphite::carbon line 68)

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Error executing action `start` on resource 'service[carbon-cache]'

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Chef::Exceptions::Exec

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/sbin/start carbon-cache returned 1, expected 0


Resource Declaration:

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# In /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/graphite/recipes/carbon.rb

 67: 
 68: service "carbon-cache" do
 69:   provider Chef::Provider::Service::Upstart
 70:   action [ :enable, :start ]
 71: end

Compiled Resource:

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# Declared in /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/graphite/recipes/carbon.rb:68:in `from_file'

service("carbon-cache") do
  service_name "carbon-cache"
  retry_delay 2
  retries 0
  recipe_name "carbon"
  pattern "carbon-cache"
  action [:enable, :start]
  cookbook_name :graphite
  startup_type :automatic
  supports {:status=>false, :restart=>false, :reload=>false}
  provider Chef::Provider::Service::Upstart
end

[2013-05-05T23:37:04+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2013-05-05T23:37:04+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2013-05-05T23:37:04+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-stacktrace.out
[2013-05-05T23:37:04+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::Exec: service[carbon-cache] (graphite::carbon line 68) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Exec: /sbin/start carbon-cache returned 1, expected 0
Chef never successfully completed! Any errors should be visible in the
output above. Please fix your recipes so that they properly complete.

Did you get this figured out? I'm having the exact same problem on CentOS 6.4

http://xkcd.com/979/