OpenCrowbar Troubleshooting Tips

Chef-Client Fails: cannot download Chef RPM

If the very first role applied to a new node fails, there are several possible causes.

1. outbound network access is not working. Likely cause is that your squid proxy is not configured
2. set the http_proxy (`export http_proxy=”http://127.0.0.1:8123”) and attempt to access google.com from the admin server
3. if that worked, try the same thing after ssh’ing to the node
4. you are missing the /tftboot/files path
5. this can be caused when you do not have the ISOs staged

No OS? Installing an OS, the TFTP Process

TFTP provides the boot images for the operating system install.

You can inspect the TFTP information the admin node provides by looking in the /tftpboot directories.

These directories contain the sledgehammer discovery, base OS install images and specific instructions for each node in the /tftpboot/nodes directory.

If Crowbar is not providing the right boot image, this is a good place to start.