chef_vault_item does not work in test kitchen.

[ecottom]

Internal issue https://chefio.atlassian.net/browse/CHEF-1254

Description

When chef_vault_item was moved into chef client in #9369 the node attributes chef-vault and databag_fallback were never set. Any call to chef_vault_item in test kitchen will result in undefined method '[]' for nil:NilClass for node["chef-vault"]["databag_fallback"].

Chef Version

Chef client 16.x-17.x

Platform Version

• All

tested on:

• rhel8
• win2019

Replication Case

recipe

value = chef_vault_item('test', 'test')['key']
log "key has value: #{value}"

test data_bag

{
  "id": "test",
  "key": "value"
}

Workaround

Adding the following to the kitchen.yml suite fixes this issue:

  attributes:
     # workaround for chef_vault_item in test kitchen
    chef-vault:
      databag_fallback: true

Client Output

       ================================================================================
       Recipe Compile Error in /tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/vault_testing/recipes/default.rb
       ================================================================================
       
       NoMethodError
       -------------
       undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass
       
       Cookbook Trace: (most recent call first)
       /tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/vault_testing/recipes/default.rb:

         1:  #
         2:  # Cookbook:: vault_testing
         3:  # Recipe:: default
         4:  #
         5:  # 
         6:
         7>> value = chef_vault_item('test', 'test')['key']
         8:  log "key has value: #{value}"
         9:

       System Info:
       ------------
       chef_version=17.10.3
       platform=redhat
       platform_version=8.6
       ruby=ruby 3.0.3p157 (2021-11-24 revision 3fb7d2cadc) [x86_64-linux]
       program_name=/opt/chef/bin/chef-client
       executable=/opt/chef/bin/chef-client

[tpowell-progress]

Seeing that @clintoncwolfe is assigned to the internal issue.