Chef remote_file set maximum number of re-directions to zero
Found out that the remote_file resource couldn't handle redirects. Hence I had to write a ruby_block resource that makes use of 'Down' gem.

ruby_block 'download_openvpn_zip' do
    block do 
        attempt = 2
        begin
            retries ||= 0
            tempfile = Down::NetHttp.download("http://www.someurl.com/#{zip},max_redirects: 0)
            FileUtils.mv tempfile.path, "#{node['openvpn-conf-path']}/#{tempfile.original_filename}"
        rescue Down::TooManyRedirects =&gt; e
            puts "\n \t ERROR: #{e.message}"
            retry if (retries += 1) &lt; 1
        end 
    end
    action :run
    notifies :run, 'execute[unzip_file]', :delayed
end