Hi,
please can you confirm:
Which distribution and release?
that you're running from a git checkout of the cookbook?
the output of dpkg -l apt*

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and: dpkg -S /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/

from apt.

I am running on ec2, amazon linux Amazon Linux 2014.09
I do not have dpkg installed

this is from chef
Fetching 'apt' from https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/apt.git (at master)
Using apt (2.6.1) from https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/apt.git (at master)
Vendoring apt (2.6.1) to /opt/aws/opsworks/current/berkshelf-cookbooks/apt
[2015-03-23T14:42:34+00:00] INFO: Processing file[/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp] action nothing (apt::default line 30)
[2015-03-23T14:42:34+00:00] INFO: Processing cookbook_file[/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp] action create (apt::default line 53)

Error executing action create on resource 'cookbook_file[/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp]'

Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist
Parent directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d does not exist.

Resource Declaration:

In /var/lib/aws/opsworks/cache.stage2/cookbooks/apt/recipes/default.rb

53: cookbook_file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp' do
54: source '15update-stamp'
55: end
56:

Compiled Resource:

Declared in /var/lib/aws/opsworks/cache.stage2/cookbooks/apt/recipes/default.rb:53:in `from_file'

cookbook_file("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp") do
provider Chef::Provider::CookbookFile
action "create"
retries 0
retry_delay 2
path "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp"
backup 5
atomic_update true
source "15update-stamp"
cookbook_name "apt"
recipe_name "default"
end

from apt.

OK. Well, the fix is easy. But can I ask what you're using the apt cookbook for on amazon linux?

from apt.

deploying elastic search
The example we started from had apt in the recipes list for setup

from apt.

Well, you shouldn't see this error any more. But I can't imagine that including the apt cookbook on amazon linux is doing much besides making your converges more fragile and slower.

from apt.

here is the article, it's on AWS Blog
http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/application-management/post/Tx3MEVKS0A4G7R5/Deploying-Elasticsearch-with-OpsWorks

from apt.

Thanks. That blog seems to be a little incorrect, as they're using a cookbook that's not intended for their distribution of linux. If they were using debian or ubuntu, they'd want to have the apt cookbook. But since the blog post is using a red hat derived distribution, like centos or amazon linux, they ought to be using the yum cookbook.
I'd recommend you remove the apt cookbook from your deployment and test it.

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Hi @thommay ,

I'm not sure if it isn't my mistake, but I think there is still some issue when running apt on amazon( I know it doesn`t make any sense to run it, but some cookbook is doing it.

I have APT version 2.7.0 and:

Recipe: apt::default
  * file[/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
  * directory[/etc/apt/apt.conf.d] action create (up to date)
  * cookbook_file[/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp] action create

    ================================================================================
    Error executing action `create` on resource 'cookbook_file[/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp]'
    ================================================================================

    RuntimeError
    ------------
    File files/default/15update-stamp does not exist for cookbook apt

    Resource Declaration:
    ---------------------
    # In /home/ec2-user/chef/cookbooks/apt-2.7.0/recipes/default.rb

     57: cookbook_file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp' do
     58:   source '15update-stamp'
     59: end
     60:

    Compiled Resource:
    ------------------
    # Declared in /home/ec2-user/chef/cookbooks/apt-2.7.0/recipes/default.rb:57:in `from_file'

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well, I just checked that the file exists in the download from supermarket. If you look in /home/ec2-user/chef/cookbooks/apt-2.7.0/files/default what do you see? (I'd strongly recommend you fix your cookbook though.)

from apt.

15update-stamp is there actually, I also tried copiing it into etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ directly, but it didn't help either.
Also it isn't in my cookbook, it is in dropwizard, and mongodb, but yeah I`ll probably remove it from those dependencies.

EDIT: apt-prox~v2.conf is in files/default as well, since you asked.

(Weird is though, I tried my cookbook on centos locally with chef-zero through kitchen. Also I tried it with chef-server and knife bootstrap, and it worked fine. But it does fail with chef-solo on amazon aws.)

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I removed apt dependency, and got same error for dropwizard cookbook, so I guess it's probably a chef-solo, or my setup issue... :/

from apt.

Ah, so it was my setup :) , cookbook has to be named "apt" not "apt-2.7.3",
Sorry...

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I seem to face this issue with apt version 2.7.0 installed via berkshelf. Ubuntu 12.04LTS. the file 15update-stamp is however present in files/default dir.

Chef Development Kit Version: 0.10.0
chef-client version: 12.5.1
berks version: 4.0.1
kitchen version: 1.4.2

Recipe: apt::default
  * file[/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
  * directory[/etc/apt/apt.conf.d] action create (up to date)
  * cookbook_file[/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp] action create

    ================================================================================
    Error executing action `create` on resource 'cookbook_file[/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp]'
    ================================================================================

    RuntimeError
    ------------
    File files/default/15update-stamp does not exist for cookbook apt

    Resource Declaration:
    ---------------------
    # In /opt/tm-infrastructure-chef/cookbooks/apt-2.7.0/recipes/default.rb

     57: cookbook_file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp' do
     58:   source '15update-stamp'
     59: end
     60:

    Compiled Resource:
    ------------------
    # Declared in /opt/tm-infrastructure-chef/cookbooks/apt-2.7.0/recipes/default.rb:57:in `from_file'

    cookbook_file("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp") do
      provider Chef::Provider::CookbookFile
      action [:create]
      retries 0
      retry_delay 2
      default_guard_interpreter :default
      path "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp"
      backup 5
      atomic_update true
      source "15update-stamp"
      declared_type :cookbook_file
      cookbook_name :apt
      recipe_name "default"
    end

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