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The below error codes can be seen when trying to use chef-run , a tool to execute ad-hoc tasks on one or more target nodes using Chef Infra Client.

CHEFINT001

CHEFINT001

An remote error has occurred:

  Your SSH Agent has no keys added, and you have not specified a password or a key file.

This error now appears as CHEFTRN007. If you’re running an older version of chef-run it will appear as CHEFINT001 with the message above. Follow the steps detailed in the resolution, below, to resolve.

CHEFTRN007 

No authentication methods available

This error occurs when there are no available ssh authentication methods to provide to the server. chef-run requires a password, a key file, or a .ssh/config host entry containing a KeyFile.
More details on how to resolve can be found in the resolution section, below.

Resolve via chef-run flags 

Use --password to provide the password required to authenticate to the host:

chef-run --password $PASSWORD myhost.example.com --password

Alternatively, explicitly provide an identity file using ‘–identity-file’:

chef-run --identity-file /path/to/your/ssh/key

Resolve by adding key(s) to ssh-agent

## ensure ssh-agent is running. This may report it is already started:
$ ssh-agent

## Add your key file(s):
$ ssh-add
Identity added: /home/timmy/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/timmy/.ssh/id_rsa)

Resolve by adding a host entry to ~/.ssh/config 

Add an entry for this host to your .ssh/config file:

host example.com
  IdentityFile /path/to/valid/key