chef-error.md

Version

Chef-Client 15.x

Environment: OS: Windows 2016

Scenario:

Chef Infra Client is installed in our environment using an unattended bootstrap script. When passing our custom attributes via a first-boot.json we recieve this error TypeError: wrong argument type Hash (expected String). This doesn't not happen on versions 14.x and below.

Sample of our first-boot.json

{
   "tfs":{
      "datacenter":"tcx",
      "cloud":"vmware_manual",
      "environment":"test",
      "snow_ritm":"12435"
   },
   "run_list":[
      "recipe[bts-chef-client::install_service]"
   ]
}

Steps to Repoduce:

1. On a fresh install of Windows 2016 that contains the C:/chef folder with validation.pem and client.rb run the below command in powershell with elevated privileges.

chef-client -j first-boot.json

2. The type error should come up at the beginning of the run.