URI::InvalidURIError on first run

[varac]

I built a docker image from current master branch using docker build -t 3ofcoins/docker-chef-server .

But I can't run it propoerly, it breaks like this:

$ echo $PUBLIC_URL                          
https://chef.example.com

$ docker run --rm 3ofcoins/docker-chef-server
[2018-11-20T20:40:33+00:00] INIT: Starting /init.rb
[2018-11-20T20:40:33+00:00] INIT: Preparing configuration ...
mkdir -p /var/opt/opscode/log /var/opt/opscode/etc /.chef/env
cp /.chef/chef-server.rb /var/opt/opscode/etc
[2018-11-20T20:40:33+00:00] INIT: Started 8: /opt/opscode/embedded/bin/runsvdir-start
/opt/opscode/embedded/bin/runsvdir-start: line 24: ulimit: pending signals: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
/opt/opscode/embedded/bin/runsvdir-start: line 37: /proc/sys/fs/file-max: Read-only file system
[2018-11-20T20:40:33+00:00] INIT: Not bootstrapped, reconfiguring
[2018-11-20T20:40:33+00:00] INIT: Started 17: /usr/bin/chef-server-ctl reconfigure
Starting Chef Client, version 14.3.37
resolving cookbooks for run list: ["private-chef::default"]
Synchronizing Cookbooks:
  - private-chef (0.1.1)
  - enterprise (0.14.1)
  - openssl (8.5.5)
  - runit (4.1.1)
  - packagecloud (1.0.0)
  - yum-epel (3.3.0)
Installing Cookbook Gems:
Compiling Cookbooks...
Recipe: private-chef::default
  * directory[/etc/opscode] action create (up to date)
  * directory[/etc/opscode/logrotate.d] action create
    - create new directory /etc/opscode/logrotate.d
    - change mode from '' to '0755'
    - change owner from '' to 'root'
    - change group from '' to 'root'
/var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/cookbooks/private-chef/recipes/oc-chef-pedant.rb:41: warning: constant OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::METHODS is deprecated
  
  ================================================================================
  Recipe Compile Error in /var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/cookbooks/private-chef/recipes/default.rb
  ================================================================================
  
  URI::InvalidURIError
  --------------------
  bad URI(is not URI?): :443
  
  Cookbook Trace:
  ---------------
    /var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/cookbooks/private-chef/libraries/helper.rb:128:in `nginx_ssl_url'
    /var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/cookbooks/private-chef/recipes/oc-chef-pedant.rb:59:in `block in from_file'
    /var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/cookbooks/private-chef/recipes/oc-chef-pedant.rb:53:in `from_file'
    /var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/cookbooks/private-chef/recipes/default.rb:185:in `from_file'
  
  Relevant File Content:
  ----------------------
  /var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/cookbooks/private-chef/libraries/helper.rb:
  
  121:    def bookshelf_s3_url
  122:      # Using URI#to_s to strip ":443" for https and ":80" for http
  123:      URI("#{node['private_chef']['nginx']['x_forwarded_proto']}://#{vip_for_uri('bookshelf')}:#{node['private_chef']['bookshelf']['vip_port']}").to_s
  124:    end
  125:  
  126:    def nginx_ssl_url
  127:      # Using URI#to_s to strip ":443" for https and ":80" for http
  128>>     URI("#{node['private_chef']['nginx']['url']}:#{node['private_chef']['nginx']['ssl_port']}").to_s
  129:    end
  130:  
  131:    def db_connection_uri
  132:      db_protocol = "postgres"
  133:      db_user     = node['private_chef']['opscode-erchef']['sql_user']
  134:      db_password = PrivateChef.credentials.get('opscode_erchef', 'sql_password')
  135:      db_vip      = vip_for_uri('postgresql')
  136:      db_name     = "opscode_chef"
  137:  
  
  System Info:
  ------------
  chef_version=14.3.37
  platform=ubuntu
  platform_version=16.04
  ruby=ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x86_64-linux]
  program_name=/opt/opscode/embedded/bin/chef-client
  executable=/opt/opscode/embedded/bin/chef-client
  
  
  Running handlers:
  Running handlers complete
  Chef Client failed. 1 resources updated in 05 seconds
[2018-11-20T20:40:43+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2018-11-20T20:40:43+00:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report
[2018-11-20T20:40:43+00:00] FATAL: URI::InvalidURIError: bad URI(is not URI?): :443
[2018-11-20T20:40:43+00:00] INIT: Reconfiguration finished: pid 17 exit 1

[mpasternacki]

Pass the environment variable to the container: docker run -e PUBLIC_URL=https://chef.example.com

[mpasternacki]

Reopening, this case could use better handling on the side of init script or the supplied chef-server.rb file; the error you get is not very descriptive, and it's casused by the image's plumbing.