Unable to install mongodb with chef server - mongodb

Question

I'm having issues installing mongodb version 2.4.6 on an Amazon EC2 Linux with chef.
I'm using the popular mongodb chef cookbook
I've taken measures to ensure that my runlist specifies recipe[mongodb::10gen_repo] before recipe[mongodb::default].
I am getting the following error though:
Recipe: mongodb::10gen_repo
* yum_repository[10gen] action addRecipe: <Dynamically Defined Resource>
* template[/etc/yum.repos.d/10gen.repo] action create (up to date)
* execute[yum-makecache-10gen] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
* ruby_block[yum-cache-reload-10gen] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
(up to date)
Recipe: mongodb::default
* package[mongo-10gen-server] action install
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Error executing action `install` on resource 'package[mongo-10gen-server]'
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Chef::Exceptions::Exec
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returned 1, expected 0
Resource Declaration:
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# In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/mongodb/recipes/default.rb
22: package node[:mongodb][:package_name] do
23: action :install
24: version node[:mongodb][:package_version]
25: end
26:
Compiled Resource:
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# Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/mongodb/recipes/default.rb:22:in `from_file'
package("mongo-10gen-server") do
action [:install]
retries 0
retry_delay 2
package_name "mongo-10gen-server"
version "2.4.6-mongodb_1"
cookbook_name "mongodb"
recipe_name "default"
end
[2013-12-26T09:22:05+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2013-12-26T09:22:05+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2013-12-26T09:22:05+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
Chef Client failed. 5 resources updated
[2013-12-26T09:22:05+00:00] ERROR: package[mongo-10gen-server] (mongodb::default line 22) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Exec: returned 1, expected 0
[2013-12-26T09:22:05+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

Answer 1

Where have you defined node[:mongodb][:package_name]?
In order to use that cookbook, I believe you need to set that attribute.