title: Chef Cookbook Compilation Error While Bootstrapping The Node
body: <p>I am using chef to bootstrap a node. I have created encrypted data bags and copied the secret key on the node as /etc/chef/encrypted_data_bag_secret.</p>
  
  <p>When I try to bootstrap the node, I am getting the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>================================================================================
  Recipe Compile Error in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/webapps-configs/recipes/httpd.rb
  ================================================================================
   Net::HTTPServerException
   ------------------------
   404 "Not Found"
   Cookbook Trace:
   ---------------
     /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/webapps-configs/recipes/httpd.rb:12:in `from_file'
   Relevant File Content:
   ----------------------
   /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/webapps-configs/recipes/httpd.rb:
  
    10:
    11:  CHEF_ENV = node.chef_environment
    12&gt;&gt; http_ssl_creds = Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load("#{CHEF_ENV}", "http-ssl")
    13:  PRIVATE_KEY = http_ssl_creds["private_key"]
    14:  CHAIN_FILE= http_ssl_creds["chain_file"]
    15:  CERT= http_ssl_creds["cert"]
    16:
  
   ERROR: Running exception handlers
   FATAL: Saving node information to /var/chef/cache/failed-run-data.json
   ERROR: Exception handlers complete
   Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated
   FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
   FATAL: Net::HTTPServerException: 404 "Not Found"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the stack trace:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Net::HTTPServerException: 404 "Not Found"
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:2632:in `error!'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/rest.rb:199:in `block in raw_http_request'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/rest.rb:280:in `retriable_rest_request'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/rest.rb:164:in `raw_http_request'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/rest.rb:158:in `api_request'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/rest.rb:99:in `get'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/data_bag_item.rb:149:in `load'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/encrypted_data_bag_item.rb:294:in `load'
  /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/webapps-configs/recipes/httpd.rb:12:in `from_file'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/mixin/from_file.rb:30:in `instance_eval'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/mixin/from_file.rb:30:in `from_file'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/cookbook_version.rb:346:in `load_recipe'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/run_context.rb:151:in `load_recipe'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:139:in `block in compile_recipes'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:137:in `each'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:137:in `compile_recipes'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:74:in `compile'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/run_context.rb:86:in `load'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/client.rb:224:in `setup_run_context'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/client.rb:467:in `do_run'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/client.rb:200:in `run'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/application.rb:190:in `run_chef_client'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:297:in `block in run_application'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in `loop'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in `run_application'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/application.rb:73:in `run'
  /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/bin/chef-client:26:in `&lt;top (required)&gt;'
  /usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `load'
  /usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `&lt;main&gt;'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help or pointers?</p>