Recipe not able to create a symlink

[saif-17]

Cookbook version

5.0.1

Chef-client version

13.3.42

Platform Details

Ubuntu: 14.04LTS

Scenario:

Trying to Install Maven.

Steps to Reproduce:

1) Knife site the cookbook 2) Upload the cookbook to the server 3) Configure the run-list to run Maven 4) Run the Chef-Client

Expected Result:

Maven to be installed on the given System

Actual Result:

Starting Chef Client, version 13.3.42 resolving cookbooks for run list: ["maven"] Synchronizing Cookbooks:

• maven (5.0.1)
• ark (3.1.0)
• build-essential (8.0.3)
• seven_zip (2.0.2)
• windows (3.1.2)
• ohai (5.2.0)
• mingw (2.0.1)
• java (1.50.0)
• apt (6.1.4)
• homebrew (4.2.0) Installing Cookbook Gems: Compiling Cookbooks... Converging 3 resources Recipe: ark::default
• apt_package[libtool, autoconf, make, unzip, rsync, gcc, autogen, shtool, pkg-config] action install (up to date) Recipe: maven::default

• ark[maven] action install

  • directory[/usr/local/maven-3.5.0] action create (up to date)
  • remote_file[/var/chef/cache/maven-3.5.0.tar.gz] action create (up to date)
  • execute[unpack /var/chef/cache/maven-3.5.0.tar.gz] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
  • execute[set owner on /usr/local/maven-3.5.0] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)

  • link[/usr/local/maven] action create

    ================================================================================ Error executing action create on resource 'link[/usr/local/maven]'

    Errno::EISDIR

    Is a directory @ unlink_internal - /usr/local/maven

    Resource Declaration:

    In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/ark/resources/default.rb

    96: link new_resource.home_dir do 97: to new_resource.path 98: end 99:

    Compiled Resource:

    Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/ark/resources/default.rb:96:in `block in class_from_file'

    link("/usr/local/maven") do action [:create] default_guard_interpreter :default to "/usr/local/maven-3.5.0" link_type :symbolic target_file "/usr/local/maven" declared_type :link cookbook_name "maven" owner nil group nil end

    System Info:

    chef_version=13.3.42 platform=ubuntu platform_version=14.04 ruby=ruby 2.4.1p111 (2017-03-22 revision 58053) [x86_64-linux] program_name=chef-client worker: ppid=5016;start=14:53:02; executable=/opt/chef/bin/chef-client

  ================================================================================ Error executing action install on resource 'ark[maven]'

  Errno::EISDIR

  link[/usr/local/maven] (/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/ark/resources/default.rb line 96) had an error: Errno::EISDIR: Is a directory @ unlink_internal - /usr/local/maven

  Resource Declaration:

  In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/maven/recipes/default.rb

  26: ark 'maven' do 27: version node['maven']['version'] 28: url node['maven']['url'] 29: checksum node['maven']['checksum'] 30: home_dir node['maven']['m2_home'] 31: win_install_dir node['maven']['m2_home'] 32: append_env_path node['maven']['setup_bin'] 33: end 34:

  Compiled Resource:

  Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/maven/recipes/default.rb:26:in `from_file'

  ark("maven") do action [:install] default_guard_interpreter :default declared_type :ark cookbook_name "maven" recipe_name "default" version "3.5.0" url "http://apache.mirrors.tds.net/maven/maven-3/3.5.0/binaries/apache-maven-3.5.0-bin.tar.gz" checksum "beb91419245395bd69a4a6edad5ca3ec1a8b64e41457672dc687c173a495f034" home_dir "/usr/local/maven" win_install_dir "/usr/local/maven" append_env_path true extension "tar.gz" prefix_bin "/usr/local/bin" prefix_root "/usr/local" owner "root" path "/usr/local/maven-3.5.0" release_file "/var/chef/cache/maven-3.5.0.tar.gz" end

  System Info:

  chef_version=13.3.42 platform=ubuntu platform_version=14.04 ruby=ruby 2.4.1p111 (2017-03-22 revision 58053) [x86_64-linux] program_name=chef-client worker: ppid=5016;start=14:53:02; executable=/opt/chef/bin/chef-client

Running handlers: [2017-09-04T14:53:03+05:30] ERROR: Running exception handlers Running handlers complete [2017-09-04T14:53:03+05:30] ERROR: Exception handlers complete Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 01 seconds [2017-09-04T14:53:03+05:30] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out [2017-09-04T14:53:03+05:30] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report [2017-09-04T14:53:03+05:30] ERROR: ark[maven] (maven::default line 26) had an error: Errno::EISDIR: link[/usr/local/maven] (/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/ark/resources/default.rb line 96) had an error: Errno::EISDIR: Is a directory @ unlink_internal - /usr/local/maven [2017-09-04T14:53:03+05:30] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

[iennae]

This error is telling you that a directory already exists in that location. Take a look at /usr/local/maven as it already exists as a directory so Chef can't manage.

[saif-17]

Yeah Thanks a ton!!. I actually figured that out yesterday, after posting the issue. But thanks anyways!

[iennae]

Glad you figured it out. Thanks for updating the issue.