The problem is: the vertx-zip file is not correctly installed. vagrant@debian-squeeze:~$ ls -la /usr/local/vertx-2.0.2 total 8 drwxr-sr-x 2 root staff 4096 Nov 23 22:38 . drwxrwsr-x 11 root staff 4096 Nov 23 22:38 .. vagrant@debian-squeeze:~$

gistfile1.txt

default[:vertx][:version]    = '2.0.2'
default[:vertx][:home]       = '/srv/vertx'
default[:vertx][:url]        = 'http://dl.bintray.com/vertx/downloads/'

gistfile2.txt

#
# Cookbook Name:: vertx
# Recipe:: default
#
# Copyright 2013, ZANOX.de AG
#
# All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
#

include_recipe "java"
include_recipe "ark"

package "authbind" do
  action :install
end

bash "configure_authbind" do
  code <<-EOS
  touch /etc/authbind/byport/80
  chown vertx:vertx /etc/authbind/byport/80
  chmod 755 /etc/authbind/byport/80
  EOS
  not_if {File.exists?("/etc/authbind/byport/80")}
end

ark "vertx" do
  url node[:vertx][:url] + "vert.x-" + node[:vertx][:version] + "-final.zip"
  home_dir node[:vertx][:home]
  version node[:vertx][:version]
  append_env_path true
  action :install
end

%w{ logs deploy deploy/packages }.each do |dir|
  directory "/srv/#{dir}" do
    owner "vertx"
    group "vertx"
    recursive true
  end
end

case node['platform']
when "debian"
  template "/etc/default/vertx" do
    source "vertx_config.erb"
    mode "0644"
    owner "vertx"
    group "vertx"
    not_if "test -f /etc/default/vertx"
  end
when "centos"
  template "/etc/sysconfig/vertx" do
    source "vertx_config.erb"
    mode "0644"
    owner "vertx"
    group "vertx"
    not_if "test -f /etc/sysconfig/vertx"
  end
end

case node['platform']
when "debian"
  template "/etc/default/vertx_deploy" do
    source "vertx_deploy.erb"
    mode "0644"
    owner "vertx"
    group "vertx"
    not_if "test -f /etc/default/vertx_deploy"
  end
when "centos"
  template "/etc/sysconfig/vertx_deploy" do
    source "vertx_deploy.erb"
    mode "0644"
    owner "vertx"
    group "vertx"
    not_if "test -f /etc/sysconfig/vertx_deploy"
  end
end

template "/etc/init.d/vertx" do
  source "vertx_runlevel.erb"
  mode "0755"
  owner "root"
  group "root"
end

template node[:vertx][:home] + "/conf/cluster.xml" do
  source "cluster_xml.erb"
  mode "0644"
  owner "vertx"
  group "vertx"
end

template node[:vertx][:home] + "/conf/repos.txt" do
  source "repos_txt.erb"
  mode "0644"
  owner "vertx"
  group "vertx"
end

template node[:vertx][:home] + "/conf/logging.properties" do
  source "logging_properties.erb"
  mode "0644"
  owner "vertx"
  group "vertx"
end

template node[:vertx][:home] + "/bin/vertx" do
  source "vertx.erb"
  mode "0755"
  owner "vertx"
  group "vertx"
end

template node[:vertx][:home] + "/bin/vertx_status" do
  source "vertx_status.erb"
  mode "0755"
  owner "vertx"
  group "vertx"
end

service "vertx" do
  service_name "vertx"
  action [:enable, :start]
end

logfile

[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: *** Chef 10.24.4 ***
[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[vertx]"] from JSON
[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[vertx]]
[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: Run List expands to [vertx]
[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for debian-squeeze.caris.de
[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: Running start handlers
[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.
[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: group[vertx] created
[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: user[vertx] created
[2013-11-23T22:36:00+00:00] INFO: ruby_block[set-env-java-home] called
[2013-11-23T22:36:01+00:00] INFO: entered create
[2013-11-23T22:36:01+00:00] INFO: file[/etc/profile.d/jdk.sh] mode changed to 755
[2013-11-23T22:36:01+00:00] INFO: file[/etc/profile.d/jdk.sh] created file /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh
[2013-11-23T22:36:01+00:00] INFO: Adding jdk to /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_25
[2013-11-23T22:37:38+00:00] INFO: template[/usr/lib/jvm/.java-7-oracle.jinfo] updated content
[2013-11-23T22:38:19+00:00] INFO: bash[configure_authbind] ran successfully
[2013-11-23T22:38:19+00:00] INFO: directory[/usr/local/vertx-2.0.2] created directory /usr/local/vertx-2.0.2
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: remote_file[/var/chef/cache/vertx.zip] updated
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: remote_file[/var/chef/cache/vertx.zip] not queuing delayed action run on execute[unpack /var/chef/cache/vertx.zip] (delayed), as it's already been queued
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: link[/srv/vertx] created
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/profile.d/vertx.sh] updated content
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/profile.d/vertx.sh] owner changed to 0
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/profile.d/vertx.sh] group changed to 0
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/profile.d/vertx.sh] mode changed to 755
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: ruby_block[adding '/usr/local/vertx-2.0.2/bin' to chef-client ENV['PATH']] called
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: directory[/srv/logs] created directory /srv/logs
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: directory[/srv/logs] owner changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: directory[/srv/logs] group changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: directory[/srv/deploy] created directory /srv/deploy
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: directory[/srv/deploy] owner changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: directory[/srv/deploy] group changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: directory[/srv/deploy/packages] created directory /srv/deploy/packages
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: directory[/srv/deploy/packages] owner changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: directory[/srv/deploy/packages] group changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/default/vertx] updated content
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/default/vertx] owner changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/default/vertx] group changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/default/vertx] mode changed to 644
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/default/vertx_deploy] updated content
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/default/vertx_deploy] owner changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/default/vertx_deploy] group changed to 1009
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/default/vertx_deploy] mode changed to 644
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/init.d/vertx] updated content
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/init.d/vertx] owner changed to 0
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/init.d/vertx] group changed to 0
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/init.d/vertx] mode changed to 755

================================================================================
Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/srv/vertx/conf/cluster.xml]'
================================================================================

Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist
------------------------------------------------
Parent directory /srv/vertx/conf does not exist.

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/vertx/recipes/install.rb

 87: template node[:vertx][:home] + "/conf/cluster.xml" do
 88:   source "cluster_xml.erb"
 89:   mode "0644"
 90:   owner "vertx"
 91:   group "vertx"
 92: end
 93: 

Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/vertx/recipes/install.rb:87:in `from_file'

template("/srv/vertx/conf/cluster.xml") do
  provider Chef::Provider::Template
  action "create"
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  path "/srv/vertx/conf/cluster.xml"
  backup 5
  source "cluster_xml.erb"
  cookbook_name :vertx
  recipe_name "install"
  mode "0644"
  owner "vertx"
  group "vertx"
end

[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2013-11-23T22:38:29+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist: template[/srv/vertx/conf/cluster.xml] (vertx::install line 87) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist: Parent directory /srv/vertx/conf does not exist.
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