Undefined method 'path' for nil:NilClass

[chef09210]

Cookbook version

0.5.0

Chef-client version

12.9.38-1

Platform Details

Windows 7 Enterprise

Scenario:

Trying to run audit cookbook on node.

Steps to Reproduce:

Execute a remote chef-client call using knife windows winrm that has the audit cookbook in the node's runlist

Expected Result:

INFO: Processing compliance_profile[windows] action fetch (audit::default line 28)
WARN: Using inspec version: (0.19.3)
INFO: Fetch compliance profile base/windows
INFO: Processing directory[c:/chef/cache/compliance] action create (c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/audit/libraries/profile.rb line 40)
INFO: Processing directory[c:/chef/cache/compliance] action create (c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/audit/libraries/profile.rb line 40)
INFO: Processing compliance_profile[windows] action execute (audit::default line 28)
WARN: Using inspec version: (0.19.3)
INFO: Execute compliance profile base/windows

https://gist.github.com/chef09210/c8b116b747e340e5ba6afbe81d4adb62

Actual Result:

================================================================================    
    [Error executing action `fetch` on resource 'compliance_profile[windows]'   
================================================================================    

    NoMethodError   
-------------   
undefined method `path' for nil:NilClass    

    Cookbook Trace: 
--------------- 
c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/audit/libraries/profile.rb:71:in `block (2 levels) in <class:ComplianceProfile>'
    c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/audit/libraries/profile.rb:35:in `block in <class:ComplianceProfile>'   

    Resource Declaration:   
---------------------   
# In c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/audit/recipes/default.rb

     28:   compliance_profile p do
     29:     owner o
     30:     server server
     31:     token token
     32:     inspec_version node['audit']['inspec_version']
     33:     action [:fetch, :execute]
     34:   end
     35: end

    Compiled Resource:  
------------------  
# Declared in c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/audit/recipes/default.rb:28:in `block in from_file'

    compliance_profile("windows") do
      action [:fetch, :execute]
      retries 0
      retry_delay 2
      default_guard_interpreter :default
      declared_type :compliance_profile
      cookbook_name "audit"
      recipe_name "default"
      owner "base"
      inspec_version "latest"
      profile "windows"
    end

    Platform:   
---------   
x64-mingw32

https://gist.github.com/chef09210/77b1e9d23118bf06864b3bbb8a88eb50

[alexpop]

Thanks for the bug report. I see you are using audit 0.5.0. I believe this issue has been fixed in this PR:
https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/audit/pull/35/files

Please give audit 0.6.0 a try and let us know if you are still having issues. Cheers!

[chef09210]

Hi alex,

That fixed the error message from appearing in the Chef log, but the underlying issue was due to a time synchronization issue. Thanks for the response.