issue with chef server installation

Question

I am trying to install chef server on linux Ubuntu by following guide on opscode website as it is.

Now the first error that I see on console while installing was:

Setting permissions for user "chef" in vhost "/chef" ...
...done.

Creating config file /etc/chef/solr.rb with new version
 * Starting chef-solr  chef-solr                                         [fail]

I looked solr.log inside var/log/chef/solr.log

[Wed, 02 May 2012 20:32:02 -0700] FATAL: Chef Solr is not installed or solr_home_path, solr_data_path, and solr_jetty_path are misconfigured.
[Wed, 02 May 2012 20:32:02 -0700] FATAL: Your current configuration is:
[Wed, 02 May 2012 20:32:02 -0700] FATAL: solr_home_path:  /var/chef/solr
[Wed, 02 May 2012 20:32:02 -0700] FATAL: solr_data_path:  /var/chef/solr/data
[Wed, 02 May 2012 20:32:02 -0700] FATAL: solr_jetty_path: /var/chef/solr-jetty
[Wed, 02 May 2012 20:32:02 -0700] FATAL: You can install Chef Solr using the chef-solr-installer script.

I have followed the tutorial as it is as given on http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+on+Debian+or+Ubuntu+using+Packages

What could be the issue? Looking at solr.log says " Chef Solr is not installed or solr_home_path, solr_data_path, and solr_jetty_path are misconfigured." I am a windows guy. How can I check if chef solr is installed or there is problem with path in linux?

Can there be any other issue?

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isawk isawk · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-16T20:02:06

I solved this problem by doing the following

created /etc/chef/solr.rb

Containing the following:

Base directory where solr is installed

supportdir = "/srv/chef/support"

Solr Configuration Information

solr_jetty_path File.join(supportdir, "solr", "jetty")

solr_data_path File.join(supportdir, "solr", "data")

solr_home_path File.join(supportdir, "solr", "home" )

Then executed chef-solr-installer

If you are running solr in standalone jetty I think you need to change solr_jetty_path to point to your jetty installation location e.g. /usr/local/jetty. I can only confirm that after further experimentation

Hope that helps you slightly

issue with chef server installation

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