Agent Install Fails on CentOS/RHEL8 due to upstream packagecloud cookbook

[wduncanfraser]

Chef Version

16

Description

Upstream packagecloud cookbook attempts to use yum commands on any rpm based distro, which will cause any newer redhat distro with dnf to fail.

sous-chefs/packagecloud#59 has been open since 2019, which fixes the issues, however it looks like the packagecloud cookbook is no longer maintained.

[derekgroh]

Have you confirmed that #59 resolves the issue by merging it into your local branch and uploading the cookbook to replace the current version?

[wduncanfraser]

@derekgroh Just validated, forked the packagecookbook and brought in that PR.

Adding it to my policyfile via:

cookbook 'packagecloud', github: 'alasconnect/packagecloud-cookbook', branch: 'centos-fix'

Fixes the converge issues on RHEL8.

[derekgroh]

Good to hear, unfortunately, we don't have any method to force an abandoned cookbook to be updated.

The best option would be for sous-chefs to adopt it, but unless the maintainers release it, the only other option is a renamed fork.

[majormoses]

Good to hear, unfortunately, we don't have any method to force an abandoned cookbook to be updated.

The best option would be for sous-chefs to adopt it, but unless the maintainers release it, the only other option is a renamed fork.

If you need any help with that I can get you in touch with some sous-chef maintainers. I am part of the group although I don't spend much time in chef these days so I have not been super active in keeping up to date on the latest and greatest.