title: Error executing action `start` on resource 'service[nginx]'
body: <p>I am trying to install nginx on AMI machine using yum cookbook as dependancy.</p>
  
  <p>This is what my nginx/recipe/default.rb looks like,</p>
  
  <pre><code>include_recipe "yum"
  
  
  yum_repository 'epel' do
      mirrorlist 'http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-7&amp;arch=$basearch'
      description 'Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch'
      enabled true
      gpgcheck true
      gpgkey 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7'
  end
  
  yum_repository "nginx" do
      name 'nginx_repo'
      baseurl  'http://nginx.org/packages/rhel/7/$basearch/'
      enabled true
      gpgcheck true
      #gpgkey      'http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key'
      action :create
  end
  
  
  package "nginx" do
  
        action :install
  end
  
  
  template "nginx.conf" do
        source "nginx.conf.erb"
        path "#{node['nginx']['dir']}/nginx.conf"
        action  :create
        mode 0644
  end
  
  
  template "default.conf" do
        source "default.conf.erb"
        path "#{node['nginx']['dir']}/conf.d/default.conf"
        action :create
        mode 0644
  end
  
  
  service 'nginx' do
        #supports :restart =&gt; :true
        action [:enable, :start]
  end
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Also, I have added ' depends "yum" ' in metadata.rb</p>
  
  <p>On trying to run 'sudo chef-client' on client server, I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[2014-12-17T08:53:03+00:00] WARN: 
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
  SSL validation of HTTPS requests is disabled. HTTPS connections are still
  encrypted, but chef is not able to detect forged replies or man in the middle
  attacks.
  
  To fix this issue add an entry like this to your configuration file:
  
  ````
  # Verify all HTTPS connections (recommended)
  ssl_verify_mode :verify_peer
  
  # OR, Verify only connections to chef-server
  verify_api_cert true
  ````
  
  To check your SSL configuration, or troubleshoot errors, you can use the
  `knife ssl check` command like so:
  
  ```
  knife ssl check -c /etc/chef/client.rb
  ```
  
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
  
  Starting Chef Client, version 11.16.4
  resolving cookbooks for run list: ["yum", "nginx"]
  Synchronizing Cookbooks:
    - nginx
    - yum
  Compiling Cookbooks...
  Converging 7 resources
  Recipe: yum::default
  * yum_globalconfig[/etc/yum.conf] action create
  * template[/etc/yum.conf] action create (up to date)
   (up to date)
  Recipe: nginx::default
  * yum_repository[epel] action create
  * template[/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo] action create (up to date)
  * execute[yum-makecache-epel] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
  * ruby_block[yum-cache-reload-epel] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
   (up to date)
  * yum_repository[nginx_repo] action create
  * template[/etc/yum.repos.d/nginx_repo.repo] action create (up to date)
  * execute[yum-makecache-nginx_repo] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
  * ruby_block[yum-cache-reload-nginx_repo] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
   (up to date)
  * package[nginx] action install (up to date)
  * template[nginx.conf] action create (up to date)
  * template[default.conf] action create (up to date)
  * service[nginx] action enable (up to date)
  * service[nginx] action start
  
  ================================================================================
  Error executing action `start` on resource 'service[nginx]'
  ================================================================================
  
  Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
  ------------------------------------
  Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
  ---- Begin output of /sbin/service nginx start ----
  STDOUT: Starting nginx: [FAILED]
  STDERR: nginx: [emerg] invalid log level "pid" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:5
  ---- End output of /sbin/service nginx start ----
  Ran /sbin/service nginx start returned 1
  
  Resource Declaration:
  ---------------------
  # In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/nginx/recipes/default.rb
  
   53: service 'nginx' do
   54:   #supports :restart =&gt; :true
   55:   action [:enable, :start]
   56: end
   57: 
  
  Compiled Resource:
  ------------------
  # Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/nginx/recipes/default.rb:53:in `from_file'
  
  service("nginx") do
    action [:enable, :start]
    supports {:restart=&gt;false, :reload=&gt;false, :status=&gt;true}
    retries 0
    retry_delay 2
    guard_interpreter :default
    service_name "nginx"
    enabled true
    pattern "nginx"
    cookbook_name "nginx"
    recipe_name "default"
  end
  
  
  Running handlers:
  [2014-12-17T08:53:05+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
  Running handlers complete
  [2014-12-17T08:53:05+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
  [2014-12-17T08:53:05+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
  
  Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 2.259546529 seconds
  
  [2014-12-17T08:53:05+00:00] ERROR: service[nginx] (nginx::default line 53) had an error:      Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
  ---- Begin output of /sbin/service nginx start ----
  STDOUT: Starting nginx: [FAILED]
  STDERR: nginx: [emerg] invalid log level "pid" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:5
  ---- End output of /sbin/service nginx start ----
  Ran /sbin/service nginx start returned 1
  [2014-12-17T08:53:05+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited  unsuccessfully (exit code 1)
  </code></pre>