mysql error to run chapter 1 of getting started with chef - mysql

Question

I am following the chapter 1 of tutorial http://gettingstartedwithchef.com/ and downloaded all dependencies listed in chapter1. The command "chef-solo -c solo.rb -j web.json" should be working, but I got the following error.
I googled the error that is shown as below and found that someone suggested to run a resource before any others (like to configure a package manager, apt/yum/etc). But how to do this? All links redirected to chef homepage...
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
yum_package[mysql] action install
* No candidate version available for mysql
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Error executing action `install` on resource 'yum_package[mysql]'
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Chef::Exceptions::Package
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No candidate version available for mysql
Resource Declaration:
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# In /root/chef-repo/cookbooks/mysql/recipes/client.rb
47: package name
48: end
Compiled Resource:
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# Declared in /root/chef-repo/cookbooks/mysql/recipes/client.rb:47:in `block in from_file'
yum_package("mysql") do
action :install
retries 0
retry_delay 2
default_guard_interpreter :default
package_name "mysql"
timeout 900
flush_cache {:before=>false, :after=>false}
declared_type :package
cookbook_name :mysql
recipe_name "client"
end
Running handlers:
[2015-05-15T10:28:13-04:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2015-05-15T10:28:13-04:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2015-05-15T10:28:13-04:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /root/chef-solo/chef-stacktrace.out
Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 4.248307605 seconds
[2015-05-15T10:28:13-04:00] ERROR: yum_package[mysql] (mysql::client line 47) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Package: No candidate version available for mysql
[2015-05-15T10:28:13-04:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

Answer 1

MySQL is distributed via the 'mysql-server' and 'mysql-client' packages.
You can use one of those to satisfy your dependency.
yum_package("mysql-server") do
...
package_name "mysql-server"
or
yum_package("mysql-client") do
...
package_name "mysql-client"
Those packages are wrappers that (currently) point to 'mysql-server-5.6' and 'mysql-client-5.6' respectively. If you need a different version (for example: mysql-client-5.1), you can specify it instead.
yum_package("mysql-client-5.1") do
...
package_name "mysql-client-5.1"