Chef LWRP recipe Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory # dir_s_mkdir - ruby

Question

I am using the chef community java cookbook to install java on CentOS 7.2. I have an LWRP recipe that is not working
I build up my install parameters via the java_ark section
op_sys = node['os']
# Used to get the required java update from the environment file
java_ver_update = node['java_ver']
# Logic for each OS
if op_sys == 'linux'
# Java_ark, which is used to define the correct install attributes for each OS type (win/linux)
install_dir = node['install_dir']
java_ark "jdk" do
url 'http://sv-dc01.sv.local/install_artifacts/java/oracle/JRE/jre-'+"#{java_ver_update}"+'-linux-x64.tar.gz'
app_home install_dir
owner 'root'
group 'wheel'
app_home_mode 774
action :install
end
# Set the folder permissions
execute "chown-dir" do
command "chmod -R 774 #{install_dir}"
action :run
end
end
Here is my environment file where I have set some node attributes to be called in the main recipe
name 'env_workstation_dubbo'
description "Environment Workstation Dubbo"
cookbook_versions({
"ohai" => "> 0.0.1",
"java" => "> 0.1.0",
"install_java" => "> 0.0.1"
})
$environment = Hash.new{|h,k| h[k]=Hash.new(&h.default_proc) }
$override = Hash.new{|h,k| h[k]=Hash.new(&h.default_proc) }
$override['java']['jdk_version'] = '8'
$override['java']['install_flavor'] = 'oracle'
$override['java']['oracle']['accept_oracle_download_terms'] = true
$override['java']['set_default'] = false
# Custom attributes/variables to be placed here
$override['java_ver'] = '8u77'
$override['install_dir'] = '/applications/'
default_attributes(Chef::Mixin::DeepMerge.merge($_default_environment, $environment))
override_attributes($override)
And here is what happens during the sudo chef-client run on the CentOS machine I am using for testing:
Starting Chef Client, version 12.16.42
resolving cookbooks for run list: ["install_java"]
Synchronizing Cookbooks:
- install_java (0.2.0)
- java (1.43.0)
- compat_resource (12.16.2)
- ohai (4.2.2)
- seven_zip (2.0.2)
- homebrew (2.1.2)
- apt (5.0.0)
- build-essential (7.0.2)
- windows (2.1.1)
- mingw (1.2.4)
- ark (2.1.0)
Installing Cookbook Gems:
Compiling Cookbooks...
[2016-12-12T11:04:24+13:00] WARN: Chef::Provider::AptRepository already exists! Cannot create deprecation class for LWRP provider apt_repository from cookbook apt
[2016-12-12T11:04:24+13:00] WARN: AptRepository already exists! Deprecation class overwrites Custom resource apt_repository from cookbook apt
Converging 8 resources
Recipe: install_java::default
* java_ark[jdk] action install
================================================================================
Error executing action `install` on resource 'java_ark[jdk]'
================================================================================
Errno::ENOENT
-------------
No such file or directory # dir_s_mkdir -
Cookbook Trace:
---------------
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb:116:in `block (2 levels) in class_from_file'
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb:115:in `block in class_from_file'
Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/install_java/recipes/default.rb
18: java_ark "jdk" do
19: url 'http://sv-dc01.sv.local/install_artifacts/java/oracle/JRE/jre-'+"#{java_ver_update}"+'-linux-x64.tar.gz'
20: app_home install_dir
21: owner 'root'
22: group 'wheel'
23: app_home_mode 774
24: action :install
25: end
26:
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/install_java/recipes/default.rb:18:in `from_file'
java_ark("jdk") do
action [:install]
supports {:report=>true, :exception=>true}
retries 0
retry_delay 2
default_guard_interpreter :default
declared_type :java_ark
cookbook_name "install_java"
recipe_name "default"
url "http://sv-dc01.sv.local/install_artifacts/java/oracle/JRE/jre-8u77-linux-x64.tar.gz"
app_home "/applications/"
owner "root"
group "wheel"
app_home_mode 774
end
Platform:
---------
x86_64-linux
Running handlers:
[2016-12-12T11:04:25+13:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2016-12-12T11:04:25+13:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 17 seconds
[2016-12-12T11:04:25+13:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2016-12-12T11:04:25+13:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report
[2016-12-12T11:04:25+13:00] ERROR: java_ark[jdk] (install_java::default line 18) had an error: Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory # dir_s_mkdir -
[2016-12-12T11:04:25+13:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)
I can't for the life of me figure out why it can't find the file or directory or get a completed install of Java working???

Answer 1

Maybe your environment is not applied correctly. I mean, if you machine is not using your 'env_workstation_dubbo' environment, the node['install_dir'] attribute will not be correctly set. You can read how to set the environment for a node here.
Another possibility is that you are using a modified version of the java cookbook that uses mkdir instead of mkdir_p. I say that because I have not been able to find your 2.0.0 java cookbook version in the supermarket. Where are you getting that cookbook from?
Update after downgraded to java cookbook version v1.43.0
The problem is that the install_dir must be at least 2 directory level deep, following the app_root/app_name format. For example "/applications/default".
If you use "/applications" as install_dir, app_name will be "applications", app_root will be empty and the latter will cause the mkdir error when trying to create the application root directory.