I am trying to setup cassandra on an CentOS VM via chef and it fails with the error below. I have tried clearing out bundle caches to no avail. The recipe works on another machine but a key difference is that I ran other recipes on that machine beforehand so I suspect I am missing a chef dependency (which is why I haven't tried just fixing the packages directly). I am also terribly new to ruby so sorry if this is an obvious question.
Machine config
- Chef: 11.4.0
- ruby 1.9.3p286 (2012-10-12 revision 37165) [x86_64-linux]
- gem 1.8.24
- Linux somehost 2.6.32-276.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 29 17:38:19 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Error messages chef-client output:
Starting Chef Client, version 11.4.0
resolving cookbooks for run list: ["chef-client", "cassandra"]
Synchronizing Cookbooks:
- minitest-handler
- chef_handler
- yum
- cron
- selinux
- sysctl
- openssh
- iptables
- chef-client
- cassandra
- apt
- java
- windows
- aws
Compiling Cookbooks...
Recipe: cassandra::packages
* chef_gem[cassandra-cql] action install
================================================================================
Error executing action `install` on resource 'chef_gem[cassandra-cql]'
================================================================================
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError
-----------------------------------
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby extconf.rb
extconf.rb:25: Use RbConfig instead of obsolete and deprecated Config.
checking for strlcpy() in string.h... *** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
details. You may need configuration options.
Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:381:in `try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:461:in `try_link0'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:476:in `try_link'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:619:in `try_func'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:894:in `block in have_func'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:790:in `block in checking_for'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block in postpone'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `postpone'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:789:in `checking_for'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:893:in `have_func'
from extconf.rb:29:in `<main>'
Gem files will remain installed in /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/thrift-0.9.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/thrift-0.9.1/ext/gem_make.out
Cookbook Trace:
---------------
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/packages.rb:30:in `block in from_file'
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/packages.rb:29:in `each'
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/packages.rb:29:in `from_file'
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb:23:in `from_file'
Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/packages.rb
30: chef_gem pkg do
31: action :install
32: version attrs["version"] if attrs["version"]
33: end
34: end
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/packages.rb:30:in `block in from_file'
chef_gem("cassandra-cql") do
provider Chef::Provider::Package::Rubygems
action [:install]
retries 0
retry_delay 2
package_name "cassandra-cql"
version "1.1.4"
cookbook_name "cassandra"
recipe_name "packages"
end
================================================================================
Recipe Compile Error in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb
================================================================================
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError
-----------------------------------
chef_gem[cassandra-cql] (cassandra::packages line 30) had an error: Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby extconf.rb
extconf.rb:25: Use RbConfig instead of obsolete and deprecated Config.
checking for strlcpy() in string.h... *** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
details. You may need configuration options.
Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:381:in `try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:461:in `try_link0'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:476:in `try_link'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:619:in `try_func'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:894:in `block in have_func'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:790:in `block in checking_for'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block in postpone'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `postpone'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:789:in `checking_for'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:893:in `have_func'
from extconf.rb:29:in `<main>'
Gem files will remain installed in /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/thrift-0.9.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/thrift-0.9.1/ext/gem_make.out
Cookbook Trace:
---------------
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/packages.rb:30:in `block in from_file'
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/packages.rb:29:in `each'
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/packages.rb:29:in `from_file'
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb:23:in `from_file'
Relevant File Content:
----------------------
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/packages.rb:
23: package pkg do
24: action :install
25: version attrs["version"] if attrs["version"]
26: end
27: end
28:
29: node["cassandra"]["chef_gems"].each do |pkg, attrs|
30>> chef_gem pkg do
31: action :install
32: version attrs["version"] if attrs["version"]
33: end
34: end
35:
36: # Some distributed packages of Cassandra start the service in their
37: # postinstall; keep them all equal and a restart can be done after the configs
38: # are written on the first run. Added difficulty: they also come with init
39: # scripts that always exit 0.
[2013-10-11T13:13:42-04:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2013-10-11T13:13:42-04:00] FATAL: Saving node information to /var/chef/cache/failed-run-data.json
[2013-10-11T13:13:42-04:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated
[2013-10-11T13:13:42-04:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2013-10-11T13:13:42-04:00] FATAL: Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: chef_gem[cassandra-cql] (cassandra::packages line 30) had an error: Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby extconf.rb
extconf.rb:25: Use RbConfig instead of obsolete and deprecated Config.
checking for strlcpy() in string.h... *** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
details. You may need configuration options.
Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:381:in `try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:461:in `try_link0'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:476:in `try_link'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:619:in `try_func'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:894:in `block in have_func'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:790:in `block in checking_for'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block in postpone'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `postpone'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:789:in `checking_for'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:893:in `have_func'
from extconf.rb:29:in `<main>'</pre>
Gem files will remain installed in /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/thrift-0.9.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/thrift-0.9.1/ext/gem_make.out
slayedbylucifer
The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
The above error makes me believe you need to install ruby-dev and gcc packages on your CentOS.
On my ubuntu 10.04, I have installed the packages below:
ruby1.9.1-dev and gcc-4.4.
Could you try installing similar packages on CentOS and then re-running chef?
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19324131/chef-ruby-gem-installer-failing