I have following ruby_block in chef cookbook
ruby_block "hosts" do
block do
rc = Chef::Util::FileEdit.new("/etc/login.defs")
rc.search_file_replace_line(
/^PASS_MAX_DAYS 99999$/,
"PASS_MAX_DAYS 150"
)
rc.write_file
end
end
when i run chef-client i am getting following error
* ruby_block[hosts] action run[2014-11-20T18:35:17+00:00] INFO: Processing ruby_block[hosts] action run (my_cookbook::default line 31)
================================================================================
Error executing action `run` on resource 'ruby_block[hosts]'
================================================================================
ArgumentError
-------------
invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII
Cookbook Trace:
---------------
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/my_cookbook/recipes/default.rb:34:in `block (2 levels) in from_file'
Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/my_cookbook/recipes/default.rb
31: ruby_block "hosts" do
32: block do
33: rc = Chef::Util::FileEdit.new("/etc/login.defs")
34: rc.search_file_replace_line(
35: /^PASS_MAX_DAYS 99999$/,
36: "PASS_MAX_DAYS 150"
37: )
38: rc.write_file
39: end
40: end
41:
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/my_cookbook/recipes/default.rb:31:in `from_file'
ruby_block("hosts") do
action "run"
retries 0
retry_delay 2
guard_interpreter :default
block_name "hosts"
cookbook_name "my_cookbook"
recipe_name "default"
block #<Proc:0x000000024e8cc8@/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/my_cookbook/recipes/default.rb:32>
end
[2014-11-20T18:35:17+00:00] INFO: Running queued delayed notifications before re-raising exception
Running handlers:
[2014-11-20T18:35:17+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2014-11-20T18:35:17+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2014-11-20T18:35:17+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 1.322765293 seconds
[2014-11-20T18:35:17+00:00] ERROR: ruby_block[hosts] (my_cookbook::default line 31) had an error: ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII
[2014-11-20T18:35:17+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)
Just for testing i have edit /etc/hosts file entry using above code and it works! look like /etc/login.defs has something wired
root@node04:/etc# cat /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
Generated at 2014-11-20 18:51:45 +0000
ArgumentError: ruby_block[hosts] (my_cookbook::default line 31) had an error: ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/util/editor.rb:79:in `match'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/util/editor.rb:79:in `match'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/util/editor.rb:79:in `block in replace_lines'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/util/editor.rb:78:in `map!'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/util/editor.rb:78:in `replace_lines'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/util/file_edit.rb:46:in `search_file_replace_line'
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/my_cookbook/recipes/default.rb:34:in `block (2 levels) in from_file'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/provider/ruby_block.rb:33:in `call'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/provider/ruby_block.rb:33:in `block in action_run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `call'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `add_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/provider.rb:156:in `converge_by'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/provider/ruby_block.rb:32:in `action_run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/provider.rb:121:in `run_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/resource.rb:648:in `run_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:49:in `run_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block (2 levels) in converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block in converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:98:in `block in execute_each_resource'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:96:in `execute_each_resource'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:80:in `converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/client.rb:345:in `converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/client.rb:431:in `do_run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/client.rb:213:in `block in run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/client.rb:207:in `fork'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/client.rb:207:in `run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/application.rb:236:in `run_chef_client'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:338:in `block in run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:327:in `loop'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:327:in `run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/application.rb:55:in `run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.16.4/bin/chef-client:26:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `load'
FileEdit as written can't handle multibyte encodings. You can either fix FileEdit and submit a patch to Chef, or just not use it. Easiest solution is to convert all of login.defs to a cookbook_file or template resource, thus removing the need for FileEdit.