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[ec2-user@ip-172-31-12-212 ~]$ sudo chef-client
Starting Chef Client, version 12.16.42
resolving cookbooks for run list: ["motd"]
Synchronizing Cookbooks:
  - motd (0.1.0)
Installing Cookbook Gems:
Compiling Cookbooks...
Converging 1 resources
Recipe: motd::default
  * template[/etc/motd] action create[2016-11-15T18:39:40+00:00] WARN: File /etc/motd managed by template[/etc/motd] is really a symlink. Managing the source file instead.
[2016-11-15T18:39:40+00:00] WARN: Disable this warning by setting `manage_symlink_source true` on the resource
[2016-11-15T18:39:40+00:00] WARN: In a future Chef release, 'manage_symlink_source' will not be enabled by default


    ================================================================================
    Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/etc/motd]'
    ================================================================================

    Chef::Exceptions::FileNotFound
    ------------------------------
    Cookbook 'motd' (0.1.0) does not contain a file at any of these locations:
      templates/amazon-2016.09/motd.erb
      templates/amazon/motd.erb
      templates/default/motd.erb
      templates/motd.erb

    This cookbook _does_ contain: ['/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/motd/templates/default/motd.erb.txt']

    Resource Declaration:
    ---------------------
    # In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/motd/recipes/default.rb

      9: template "/etc/motd" do
     10:     source "motd.erb"
     11:        mode "0644"
     12: end

    Compiled Resource:
    ------------------
    # Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/motd/recipes/default.rb:9:in `from_file'

    template("/etc/motd") do
      action [:create]
      retries 0
      retry_delay 2
      default_guard_interpreter :default
      source "motd.erb"
      declared_type :template
      cookbook_name "motd"
      recipe_name "default"
      mode "0644"
      path "/etc/motd"
    end

    Platform:
    ---------
    x86_64-linux


Running handlers:
[2016-11-15T18:39:40+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2016-11-15T18:39:40+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 01 seconds
[2016-11-15T18:39:41+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2016-11-15T18:39:41+00:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report
[2016-11-15T18:39:41+00:00] ERROR: template[/etc/motd] (motd::default line 9) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::FileNotFound: Cookbook 'motd' (0.1.0) does not contain a file at any of these locations:
  templates/amazon-2016.09/motd.erb
  templates/amazon/motd.erb
  templates/default/motd.erb
  templates/motd.erb

This cookbook _does_ contain: ['/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/motd/templates/default/motd.erb.txt']
[2016-11-15T18:39:41+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)