Package not found when installing RPM package on RHEL 6

[fletchowns]

Cookbook version

2.1.10

Chef-client version

12.20.3

Platform Details

Redhat 6.5 on AWS

Scenario:

Install Chef Server via RPM from custom URL

Steps to Reproduce:

I'm using chef-ingredient via the chef-server cookbook with the following attributes set:

default["chef-server"]["version"] = "12.14.0"
default["chef-server"]["package_source"] = "https://custom.location.notarealurl.whatever/chef-server-core-12.14.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm"
default["chef-server"]["addons"] = [
	"manage",
	"reporting"
]
default["chef-server"]["accept_license"] = true

Expected Result:

Chef Server is installed during the converge

Actual Result:

Converge fails, package chef-server-core not found

       Recipe: chef-server::default
         * ruby_block[ensure node can resolve API FQDN] action run[2017-10-27T00:50:52+00:00] INFO: Processing ruby_block[ensure node can resolve API FQDN] action run (chef-server::default line 22)
        (skipped due to not_if)
         * chef_ingredient[chef-server] action install[2017-10-27T00:50:52+00:00] INFO: Processing chef_ingredient[chef-server] action install (chef-server::default line 29)
       
         Recipe: <Dynamically Defined Resource>
           * chef_gem[mixlib-install] action install[2017-10-27T00:50:52+00:00] INFO: Processing chef_gem[mixlib-install] action install (dynamically defined)
       [2017-10-27T00:50:53+00:00] INFO: chef_gem[mixlib-install] installed mixlib-install at ~> 3.3
       
             - install version ~> 3.3 of package mixlib-install
           * ruby_block[stop chef run] action nothing[2017-10-27T00:50:53+00:00] INFO: Processing ruby_block[stop chef run] action nothing (/tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/chef-ingredient/libraries/helpers.rb line 251)
        (skipped due to action :nothing)
           * yum_package[chef-server] action install[2017-10-27T00:50:53+00:00] INFO: Processing yum_package[chef-server] action install (/tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/chef-ingredient/libraries/default_handler.rb line 55)
       
             * Package chef-server-core not found: https://custom.location.notarealurl.whatever/chef-server-core-12.14.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
             ================================================================================
             Error executing action `install` on resource 'yum_package[chef-server]'
             ================================================================================
             
             Chef::Exceptions::Package
             -------------------------
             Package chef-server-core not found: https://custom.location.notarealurl.whatever/chef-server-core-12.14.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
             
             Resource Declaration:
             ---------------------
             # In /tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/chef-ingredient/libraries/default_handler.rb
             
       55:       package new_resource.product_name do # ~FC009
       56:         action action_name
       57:         package_name ingredient_package_name
       58:         options new_resource.options
       59:         source local_path || new_resource.package_source
       60:         timeout new_resource.timeout if new_resource.timeout
       61:         provider value_for_platform_family(
       62:           'debian'  => Chef::Provider::Package::Dpkg,
       63:           'rhel'    => node['platform_version'].to_i == 5 ? Chef::Provider::Package::Rpm : Chef::Provider::Package::Yum,
       64:           'suse'    => Chef::Provider::Package::Rpm,
       65:           'windows' => Chef::Provider::Package::Windows
       66:         )
       67:         if new_resource.product_name == 'chef'
       68:           # We define this resource in ChefIngredientProvider
       69:           notifies :run, 'ruby_block[stop chef run]', :immediately
       70:         end
       71:       end
             
             Compiled Resource:
             ------------------
             # Declared in /tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/chef-ingredient/libraries/default_handler.rb:55:in `configure_from_source_package'
             
             yum_package("chef-server") do
        package_name "chef-server-core"
        provider Chef::Provider::Package::Yum
        action [:install]
        retries 0
        retry_delay 2
        default_guard_interpreter :default
        declared_type :package
        cookbook_name "chef-server"
        source "https://custom.location.notarealurl.whatever/chef-server-core-12.14.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm"
        flush_cache {:before=>false, :after=>false}
        version "12.14.0-1.el6"
        arch "x86_64"
             end
             
             Platform:
             ---------
             x86_64-linux
             

This was working previously with chef-server cookbook 5.4.0 and chef-ingredient 1.1.0. I believe it may have been this recent change that broke it for me: aed2eae

[fletchowns]

I had originally reported this as an issue on RHEL7 but that was incorrect, it was on RHEL6.

[wrightp]

When the package_source property is set the resource passes that value to a package resource's source property. That property does not support remote URLs, only local file paths.

However, it would be cool to see a PR come through that detects a remote URL, download the package, then set the source.

For now you could use remote_file to download the package. Then package_source must be set to local path for YUM (and RPM) providers.