rubygems undefined method `activate' for nil:NilClass #411

btm · 2015-06-04T18:02:03Z

PS C:\Users\Administrator> chef exec knife windows cert generate
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems.rb:198:in `rescue in try_activate': undefined method `activate' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems.rb:195:in `try_activate'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:126:in `rescue in require'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:39:in `require'
        from C:/Users/Administrator/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/knife-windows-1.0.0.rc.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap_windows_base.rb:22:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `load'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `block in load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `each'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:127:in `load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:208:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:142:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/bin/knife:25:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/knife:63:in `load'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/knife:63:in `<main>'

PS C:\Users\Administrator> chef gem list knife-windows

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

knife-windows (1.0.0.rc.0)

PS C:\Users\Administrator> chef --version
Chef Development Kit Version: 0.6.0
chef-client version: 12.3.0
berks version: 3.2.4
kitchen version: 1.4.0

PS C:\Users\Administrator> chef verify
Running verification for component 'berkshelf'
Running verification for component 'test-kitchen'
Running verification for component 'chef-client'
Running verification for component 'chef-dk'
Running verification for component 'chefspec'
Running verification for component 'rubocop'
Running verification for component 'fauxhai'
Running verification for component 'knife-spork'
Running verification for component 'kitchen-vagrant'
Running verification for component 'package installation'
.......................................

C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems.rb:198:in `rescue in try_activate': undefined method `activ
ate' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems.rb:195:in `try_activate'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:126:in `rescue in require'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:39:in `require'
        from C:/Users/Administrator/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/knife-windows-1.0.0.rc.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap_windows_base.rb:22:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `load'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `block in load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `each'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:127:in `load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:208:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:142:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/bin/knife:25:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/knife:63:in `load'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/knife:63:in `<main>'


---------------------------------------------
Verification of component 'rubocop' succeeded.
Verification of component 'package installation' succeeded.
Verification of component 'berkshelf' succeeded.
Verification of component 'chef-client' succeeded.
Verification of component 'chefspec' succeeded.
Verification of component 'knife-spork' failed.
Verification of component 'test-kitchen' succeeded.
Verification of component 'fauxhai' succeeded.
Verification of component 'chef-dk' succeeded.
Verification of component 'kitchen-vagrant' succeeded.

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siddheshwar-more · 2015-06-10T10:20:46Z

yes, am also facing same issue.

btm · 2015-06-10T14:15:45Z

There's a Chef DK 0.7.0 RC that has the knife-windows RC in it. I'm curious if it would reproduce this issue as well.

siddheshwar-more · 2015-06-12T11:53:41Z

@btm -
There is no Chef- DK 0.7.0 RC version available, we have v0.6.1 latest https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-dk .
We don't have omnibus pkg for 0.6.1 https://downloads.chef.io/chef-dk/ .

Also tried to build chef-dk using omnibus-chef but got some error during build.

siddheshwar-more · 2015-06-15T13:54:24Z

@btm -
We tried below things -

Installed chef-dk by using https://github.com/adamedx/getchef/blob/master/getchefdk.sh
Above script installs chef-dk v0.7.0.rc.0 and it comes with knife-windows 0.8.5
Tried $ knife winrm --help with knife-windows 0.8.5 and it worked fine.
sudo chef gem uninstall knife-windows
sudo chef gem install knife-windows -v '1.0.0.rc.0' --no-ri --no-rdco
Tried $chef exec knife windows cert generate -H sidnsd -VV - It also worked fine.

Note- chef-dk v0.7.rc.0 doesn't contains knife-windows RC, it contains 0.8.5

siddheshwar-more · 2015-06-19T06:13:48Z

@btm @adamedx -
We have tried below things to debug this issue -

Manually installed gem by using chefdk goes under ~/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems . So we have two different location for GEM_PATHS i.e /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0 and /home/USER/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0
To verify knife-windows 1.0.0.rc.0 version and ruby $LOAD_PATH , tried-
2.1 $ chef gem install knife-windows -v '1.0.0.rc.0'
2.2 $ chef exec knife windows cert generate
So, here we got $LOAD_PATH . It missing these entries. If we add manually these entries in $LOAD_PATH then above command #2.2 works fine.
2.3 Installed $chef gem install knife-ec2 and verified $LOAD_PATH and it has knife-ec2 lib entries.
I'm trying to understand why its not adding knife-windows 1.0.0.rc.0 versions lib in $LOAD_PATH ?
To verify knife-windows 1.0.0.rc.0 versions .gemspec file, tried-
3.1 git clone https://github.com/chef/knife-windows
3.2 git checkout v1.0.0.rc.0
3.3 Apply below patch to remove winrm and update winrm-s version -
```
diff --git a/knife-windows.gemspec b/knife-windows.gemspec
index e0b3da0..c6fcbb3 100644
--- a/knife-windows.gemspec
+++ b/knife-windows.gemspec
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
s.description = s.summary
s.required_ruby_version = ">= 1.9.1"
- s.add_dependency "winrm", "~> 1.3"
- s.add_dependency "winrm-s", "~> 0.3.0.dev.0"
+ s.add_dependency "winrm-s", "~> 0.2.4"
s.add_dependency "nokogiri"
```
3.4 chef gem build knife-windows.gemspec
3.5 chef gem install knife-windows-1.0.0.rc.0.gem
3.6 chef exec knife windows cert generate - And it worked fine.
Here my finding is knife-windows doesn't works with chef-dk if it has winrm > 1.2.0 dependency.
I also observed chef-provisioning-1.1.1 depends on winrm (~> 1.2.0) and winrm-transport-1.0.1 depends on winrm (~> 1.3). We have to take care of these kind of gem dependency in chef-dk, where multiple gems using one gems(i.e winrm in our case) different versions.
3.7 With below patch(i.e to remove winrm-s) and reinstall knife-windows 1.0.0.rc.0 version
but still we have same issue for $chef exec knife windows cert generate
```
diff --git a/knife-windows.gemspec b/knife-windows.gemspec
index e0b3da0..7e1d056 100644
--- a/knife-windows.gemspec
+++ b/knife-windows.gemspec
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
s.required_ruby_version      = ">= 1.9.1"
s.add_dependency "winrm", "~> 1.3"
-  s.add_dependency "winrm-s", "~> 0.3.0.dev.0"
s.add_dependency "nokogiri"
s.add_development_dependency 'pry'
```
So, that's means there are some issue with chef-dk + knife-windows 1.0.0.rc.0 version + winrm combo. Currently am working on these issues.

Please let us know if you guys have any idea about these dependency issues.

Thank you !

danielsdeleo · 2015-06-26T16:58:20Z

@siddheshwar-more the dependency issues are a separate bug. I think they're resolve by the pull requests @btm just linked. This bug is specifically for errors like

C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems.rb:198:in `rescue in try_activate': undefined method `activate' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)

And

/opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/specification.rb:762:in `block in _resort!': undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/specification.rb:761:in `sort!'

danielsdeleo · 2015-06-26T17:00:34Z

I've been trying to get more information about what's going on in rubygems here by doing ad-hoc Ci builds with a patched rubygems. See the last 2 commits on this: danielsdeleo/rubygems#1

danielsdeleo · 2015-06-26T17:00:56Z

Also rubygems/rubygems#1287

btm · 2015-06-29T16:58:18Z

On a fresh install of a chefdk 0.7 nightly, running chef gem install knife-windows -v 1.0.0.rc.1 --no-user-install produces a usable install of the knife windows plugin, tested using knife windows cert generate -H blah

btm · 2015-06-29T19:50:20Z

edit, this message was from using 0.7.0rc, which was a different issue, filed as #443.

btm · 2015-06-29T20:21:23Z

For google, this is the error you get with ChefDK 0.6.2, after you install knife-windows 1.0.0.rc.1 but you have not removed knife-windows 0.8.5:

PS C:\Users\btm_000> chef exec knife windows cert generate
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:128:in `require': cannot load such file -- chef/knife/winrm_knife_base (LoadError)
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:128:in `rescue in require'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:39:in `require'
        from C:/Users/btm_000/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/knife-windows-1.0.0.rc.1/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap_windows_winrm.rb:22:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `load'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `block in load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `each'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:127:in `load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:208:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:142:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/bin/knife:25:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/knife:63:in `load'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/knife:63:in `<main>'

Then after I uninstall knife-windows 0.8.5 I get this which was the original error:

PS C:\Users\btm_000> chef exec knife windows cert generate
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems.rb:198:in `rescue in try_activate': undefined method `activate' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)

        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems.rb:195:in `try_activate'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:126:in `rescue in require'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:39:in `require'
        from C:/Users/btm_000/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/knife-windows-1.0.0.rc.1/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap_windows_base.rb:22:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `load'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `block in load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `each'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:44:in `load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:127:in `load_commands'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:208:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:142:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/bin/knife:25:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/knife:63:in `load'

btm · 2015-06-29T22:03:09Z

irb(main):006:0> Gem::Specification.find_by_name("knife-windows")
=> nil
irb(main):007:0>  Gem::Specification.find_all_by_name("knife-windows")
=> [#<Gem::Specification:0x14dc618 knife-windows-1.0.0.rc.1>]

I guess find_by_name doesn't like prereleases? maybe unless you have a "gem" line specifying the prerelease? rubygems/rubygems@84e8d9f

irb(main):001:0> Gem::Specification.find_by_name("knife-windows")
=> #<Gem::Specification:0x1435ad0 knife-windows-100.0.0>

That nil for find_by_name is what's causing the exception. It doesn't seem like it's supposed to be expected behavior: rubygems/rubygems#988

btm · 2015-06-29T22:25:52Z

Okay, this is all dependency issues, which one thing ChefDK 0.7.0 is meant to bump.

To get knife-windows 1.0.0+ working on ChefDK 0.6.2:

chef gem install knife-windows --pre
chef gem install chef-provisioning --pre
Edit C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/chef and remove this line: gem "chef-provisioning", "= 1.1.1"

Ultimately there's still some kind of rubygems bug, because this was a really non-obvious path.

There is a bug in the ChefDK release installed on the build nodes that causes an exception when running the unit tests. Reference: - chef-boneyard/chef-dk#411 - rubygems/rubygems#1287 We think we can run unit phase again after ChefDK 0.7.0 (final release) is installed on the build nodes.

This was referenced Jun 22, 2015

Catch errors when knife-windows 1.0.0 is used with chefdk version v0.6.* chef/knife-windows#253

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Updated release notes for chef-dk 0.6.* version compatibility issue chef/knife-windows#254

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btm mentioned this issue Jun 26, 2015

Move to knife-windows 1.0.0.rc.1 (for nightlies and the next RC) chef-boneyard/omnibus-chef#422

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0.7.0, gems in user install not showing up: #443

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updating readme to chefdk chef/knife-azure#247

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