chef-server-ctl reconfigure fails if procps is already running

[oleg-z]

Version:

chef server 12 rc5

Environment:

Ubuntu 14.10 x64

Scenario:

install chef server package

Steps to Reproduce:

chef-server-ctl reconfigure

Problem:

/etc/init.d/procps start exits with code 1 if it's running

Log:

==> env-manager-cibuild1: ================================================================================�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: �[31mError executing action `start` on resource 'service[procps]'�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: ================================================================================�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: 
==> env-manager-cibuild1: �[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: ------------------------------------�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
==> env-manager-cibuild1: ---- Begin output of /etc/init.d/procps start ----
==> env-manager-cibuild1: STDOUT: 
==> env-manager-cibuild1: STDERR: start: Job is already running: procps
==> env-manager-cibuild1: ---- End output of /etc/init.d/procps start ----
==> env-manager-cibuild1: Ran /etc/init.d/procps start returned 1�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: 
==> env-manager-cibuild1: �[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: Resource Declaration:�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: ---------------------�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: # In /opt/opscode/embedded/cookbooks/private-chef/recipes/postgresql.rb
==> env-manager-cibuild1: 
==> env-manager-cibuild1:  68:   service "procps" do
==> env-manager-cibuild1:  69:     action :nothing
==> env-manager-cibuild1:  70:   end
==> env-manager-cibuild1:  71: 
==> env-manager-cibuild1: �[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: 
==> env-manager-cibuild1: �[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: Compiled Resource:�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: ------------------�[0m
==> env-manager-cibuild1: # Declared in /opt/opscode/embedded/cookbooks/private-chef/recipes/postgresql.rb:68:in `from_file'
==> env-manager-cibuild1: 
==> env-manager-cibuild1: service("procps") do
==> env-manager-cibuild1:   action [:nothing]
==> env-manager-cibuild1:   supports {:restart=>false, :reload=>false, :status=>false}
==> env-manager-cibuild1:   retries 0
==> env-manager-cibuild1:   retry_delay 2
==> env-manager-cibuild1:   guard_interpreter :default
==> env-manager-cibuild1:   service_name "procps"
==> env-manager-cibuild1:   pattern "procps"
==> env-manager-cibuild1:   cookbook_name :"private-chef"
==> env-manager-cibuild1:   recipe_name "postgresql"
==> env-manager-cibuild1: end
==> env-manager-cibuild1: �[0m

[stevendanna]

I imagine this is due to a change in the procps init script. AFAIK, procps typically isn't a service but just a small shell script that runs sysctl -f on some config files in etc.

[lamont-granquist]

Looks like a bug in Ubuntu 14.10:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1332362

[lamont-granquist]

technically this is also a bug in chef-server so would need to be opened against https://github.com/opscode/chef-server, this is only the repo for the client code.

[lamont-granquist]

same result trying to use upstart:

# start procps
start: Job is already running: procps

[oleg-z]

I didn't realize this repo isn't place for chef server issues. Should I reopen it against chef-server?

[btm]

@oleg-z it's okay. yes, please open an issue over at https://github.com/opscode/chef-server/issues. Once you do link to it from here in case someone else ends up here and close this issue please.

[mmzyk]

Closing this out in favor of the issue opened over on the server repo. Thanks @oleg-z