Chef::Exceptions::CookbookNotFound: Cookbook sudo not found and Chef-Solo “undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass” - ruby

Question

I'm trying to make a cookbook that has some dependencies, but it doesn't work
/recipe
ls
default.rb
Recipe:
include_recipe 'sudo::default'
include_recipe 'user'
def will_create_user?(username, user)
return false if node['etc']['passwd'].key?(username)
return true if user['action'] == 'create' || !user.key?('action')
false
end
node['authorization']['sudo']['groups'].each do |group|
group group
end
node['vms']['users'].each do |username, user|
send_notification = will_create_user? username, user
user_account username do
comment user['comment'] if user['comment']
ssh_keys user['ssh_keys']
groups user['groups'] if user['groups']
if send_notification
notifies :run, "execute[reset_password_#{username}]", :delayed
end
end
execute "reset_password_#{username}" do
command "passwd -d #{username} && chage -d 0 #{username}"
action :nothing
end
end
Metadata.rb
...
version '0.1.0'
chef_version '>= 14.0'
depends "sudo"
depends "user"
Berksfile.lock
DEPENDENCIES
vms-users
path: .
metadata: true
GRAPH
sudo (5.4.5)
user (0.7.0)
vms-users (0.1.0)
sudo (>= 0.0.0)
user (>= 0.0.0)
Attributes/default.rb
{
"vms": {
"users": {
'magrini' => {
'comment' => 'Bruna Magrini',
'groups' => ['sysadmin'],
'ssh_keys' => ['chave ssh'],
},
}
}
}
I'm executing using chef-client --local-mode default.rb
Error: Chef::Exceptions::CookbookNotFound: Cookbook sudo not found
Recipe `sudo::default` is not in the run_list, and cookbook 'sudo'
is not a dependency of any cookbook in the run_list. To load this recipe,
first add a dependency on cookbook 'sudo' in the cookbook you're
including it from in that cookbook's metadata.
Running handlers:
[2019-12-19T20:42:12+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2019-12-19T20:42:12+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
Chef Infra Client failed. 0 resources updated in 01 seconds
[2019-12-19T20:42:12+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /home/chef-repo/.chef/local-mode-cache/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2019-12-19T20:42:12+00:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report
[2019-12-19T20:42:12+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::CookbookNotFound: Cookbook sudo not found. If you're loading sudo from another cookbook, make sure you configure the dependency in your metadata

Answer 1

i have a feeling that you are confusing something, since the title of your question mentions chef-solo when you are really using chef-zero (--local-mode).
you should definitely favor chef-zero over chef-solo (but i won't get into the reasons why).
in both cases (using chef-zero or chef-solo), you will have to download all the cookbooks and make verify chef-client knows where are the cookbooks located.
if you ase using chef-zero, here are some references:
Local mode does not require a configuration file, instead it will look for a directory named /cookbooks and will set chef_repo_path to be just above that. (Local mode will honor the settings in a configuration file, if desired.) If the client.rb file is not found and no configuration file is specified, local mode will search for a config.rb file.
client.rb settings:
chef_repo_path: The path to the chef-repo containing cookbooks and other files, such as environments or data bags, when running Chef Infra Client in local mode.
cookbook_path: The sub-directory for Chef Infra Client cookbooks. This value can be a string or an array of file system locations, processed in the specified order. The last cookbook is considered to override local modifications.
since i see that you are using berkshelf, you can use vendor sub-command to download all the cookbooks dependencies and place them in the same directory. then, have a custom configuration for chef-client, that sets the value of cookbook_path to the same directory which you used in conjunction with berks vendor, and finally execute chef-client.