Login succeeds but later commands fail

[tpetchel]

Description

I am able to login to my Compliance server:

$ inspec compliance login https://chef-compliance.local --user john-smith --insecure --token ''
Your server supports --user and --password only
Successfully authenticated

But inspec compliance profiles fails like this:

$ inspec compliance profiles
/opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/json-1.8.3/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `initialize': A JSON text must at least contain two octets! (JSON::ParserError)
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/json-1.8.3/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `new'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/json-1.8.3/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `parse'
    from /Users/thomaspetchel/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/inspec-0.21.0/lib/bundles/inspec-compliance/api.rb:31:in `profiles'
    from /Users/thomaspetchel/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/inspec-0.21.0/lib/bundles/inspec-compliance/cli.rb:63:in `profiles'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:359:in `dispatch'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:115:in `invoke'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:235:in `block in subcommand'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:359:in `dispatch'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/base.rb:440:in `start'
    from /Users/thomaspetchel/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/inspec-0.21.0/bin/inspec:9:in `<top (required)>'
    from /Users/thomaspetchel/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin/inspec:22:in `load'
    from /Users/thomaspetchel/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin/inspec:22:in `<main>'

InSpec and Platform Version

$ inspec version
0.21.0

I am running Mac OS 10.11.3.

[tpetchel]

Update

I tried logging in again, this time supplying my token:

$ inspec compliance login https://chef-compliance.local --user john-smith --insecure --token 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1N...qmWg'

Now this works:

$ inspec compliance profiles
Available profiles:
-------------------
 * base/apache
 * base/linux
 * base/mysql
 * base/postgres
 * base/ssh
 * base/windows
 * cis/cis-centos6-level1
 * cis/cis-centos6-level2
 * cis/cis-centos7-level1
 * cis/cis-centos7-level2
 * cis/cis-rhel6-level1
 * cis/cis-rhel6-level2
 * cis/cis-rhel7-level1
 * cis/cis-rhel7-level2
 * cis/cis-ubuntu12.04lts-level1
 * cis/cis-ubuntu12.04lts-level2
 * cis/cis-ubuntu14.04lts-level1
 * cis/cis-ubuntu14.04lts-level2

Apologies if you're supposed to always supply the token - the examples I saw used --token '' so I thought I was supposed to do exactly that (and perhaps a later CLI command would prompt me for my password or something to that effect.)

Regardless, perhaps we can make the error message clearer, either during login or while running subsequent commands.

[atul86244]

It doesn't work for me even when I pass the token:

$ inspec compliance  login https://compliance-server --token='fb3f7e81-d.............1c4942'  --user='admin' --insecure

$ inspec compliance  profiles
/opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/json-1.8.3/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `initialize': A JSON text must at least contain two octets! (JSON::ParserError)
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/json-1.8.3/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `new'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/json-1.8.3/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `parse'
    from /Users/atul/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/inspec-0.21.6/lib/bundles/inspec-compliance/api.rb:31:in `profiles'
    from /Users/atul/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/inspec-0.21.6/lib/bundles/inspec-compliance/cli.rb:63:in `profiles'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:359:in `dispatch'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:115:in `invoke'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:235:in `block in subcommand'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:359:in `dispatch'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/base.rb:440:in `start'
    from /Users/atul/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/inspec-0.21.6/bin/inspec:9:in `<top (required)>'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/bin/inspec:23:in `load'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/bin/inspec:23:in `<main>'

Inspec version:

$ inspec version
0.21.6

[chris-rock]

@atul86244 Which Chef Compliance version are you using?

[cjohannsen81]

@atul86244 Hey Atul, just had the same issue. Mine was caused by a to short token as I just copied it from Safari... but it always ends copying with the first minus "-" sign!

[atul86244]

@chris-rock @cjohannsen81 I am using the latest version of Compliance (Version: 1.2.4). I have managed to fix this now. I think I was passing a wrong token but the inspec compliance login command always returns Successfully authenticated even if I pass a wrong token.

Look at this example below:

$ inspec compliance  login https://complianceserver --user='admin' --token='wrong_token' --insecure
Successfully authenticated

$ inspec version
0.22.0

Is this a known issue?

[cjohannsen81]

@atul86244 I think it´s known as I had the same discussion with @chris-rock today :)

[jcii]

Looking at this now...can authenticate with token, but then error from inspec compliance profiles

Compliance Server 1.3.1
Inspec 0.29

jcarter-mac:mchx-auth jcarter$ inspec compliance login https://qa-test.box.com --insecure --user admin --token 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Im9qeW1oeGFpZGR...iwidHlwIjoiSldUIn0'
Successfully authenticated
jcarter-mac:mchx-auth jcarter$ inspec compliance profiles
/opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/json-1.8.3/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `initialize': A JSON text must at least contain two octets! (JSON::ParserError)
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/json-1.8.3/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `new'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/json-1.8.3/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `parse'
    from /Users/jcarter/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/inspec-0.29.0/lib/bundles/inspec-compliance/api.rb:31:in `profiles'
    from /Users/jcarter/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/inspec-0.29.0/lib/bundles/inspec-compliance/cli.rb:63:in `profiles'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:359:in `dispatch'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:115:in `invoke'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:235:in `block in subcommand'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:359:in `dispatch'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/base.rb:440:in `start'
    from /Users/jcarter/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/gems/inspec-0.29.0/bin/inspec:9:in `<top (required)>'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/bin/inspec:22:in `load'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/bin/inspec:22:in `<main>'
jcarter-mac:mchx-auth jcarter$ inspec version
0.29.0