chef.json

{
  "chef_server": {
    "server_url": "http://localhost:4000",
    "init_style": "init",
    "webui_enabled": true
  },
  "run_list": [ "recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]" ]
}

gistfile1.txt

[root@chef ~]# chef-solo -c /etc/chef/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:31 -0600] INFO: *** Chef 0.10.4 ***
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:31 -0600] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]"] from JSON
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:31 -0600] INFO: Run List is [recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]]
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:31 -0600] INFO: Run List expands to [chef-server::rubygems-install]
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:31 -0600] INFO: Starting Chef Run for chef.int.sentact.com
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:31 -0600] INFO: Processing user[chef] action create (chef-server::rubygems-install line 30)
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:31 -0600] INFO: user[chef] created
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:31 -0600] INFO: Processing package[erlang] action install (erlang::default line 26)
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:16 -0600] INFO: package[erlang] installed version R14B-04.1.el6
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:16 -0600] INFO: Processing package[couchdb] action install (couchdb::default line 22)
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:50 -0600] INFO: package[couchdb] installed version 1.0.2-8.el6
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:50 -0600] INFO: Processing directory[/var/lib/couchdb] action create (couchdb::default line 30)
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:50 -0600] ERROR: directory[/var/lib/couchdb] (couchdb::default line 30) has had an error
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:50 -0600] ERROR: directory[/var/lib/couchdb] (/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks/couchdb/recipes/default.rb:30:in `from_file') had an error:
directory[/var/lib/couchdb] (couchdb::default line 30) had an error: can't find group for couchdb
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/provider/file.rb:106:in `getgrnam'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/provider/file.rb:106:in `compare_group'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/provider/file.rb:113:in `set_group'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/provider/directory.rb:52:in `action_create'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource.rb:437:in `send'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource.rb:437:in `run_action'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:45:in `run_action'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `converge'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `converge'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:94:in `execute_each_resource'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:92:in `execute_each_resource'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:76:in `converge'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:312:in `converge'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:160:in `run'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/solo.rb:192:in `run_application'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/solo.rb:183:in `loop'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/solo.rb:183:in `run_application'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application.rb:67:in `run'
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/chef-solo:25
/usr/bin/chef-solo:19:in `load'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:19
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:50 -0600] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:50 -0600] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:50 -0600] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /tmp/chef-solo/chef-stacktrace.out
[Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:50 -0600] FATAL: ArgumentError: directory[/var/lib/couchdb] (couchdb::default line 30) had an error: can't find group for couchdb

solo.rb

file_cache_path "/tmp/chef-solo"
cookbook_path "/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks"