NameError uninitialized constant Chef::Provider::Boxstarter on initial kitchen create

[trentbullard]

I'm not sure if this cookbook is still being maintained, but I have tried searching for the cause of this issue all over. My understanding of chef is still puerile, but I believe I am following the correct method for implementing this cookbook.

First, I git cloned the repo into my ~/chef-repo/cookbooks folder. Then, in my custom cookbook, I added depends 'boxstarter' to my metadata file, and include_recipe 'boxstarter::default' to the beginning of my default.rb recipe. Then I updated my metadata version and ran berks install, berks upload. This completed successfully, and I was able to see the boxstarter recipe-set on my chef manage web interface.

The problem starts when i try to knife winrm 'name:mynodename' chef-client credentials options etc..

When that didn't work, and after much googling and tinkering, I decided to start over, reclone the git repo, and run kitchen create -l debug on the fresh clone. I get the same error there (pasted below from logs)

Am I supposed to install boxstarter manually on the node before I attempt to run this cookbook?

Starting Chef Client, version 13.5.3
Creating a new client identity for default-windows-2012R2 using the validator key.
resolving cookbooks for run list: ["boxstarter_test::simple"]
Synchronizing Cookbooks:
  - boxstarter_test (0.1.0)
  - boxstarter (1.1.7)
Installing Cookbook Gems:
Compiling Cookbooks...

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Recipe Compile Error in C:/Users/vagrant/AppData/Local/Temp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/boxstarter_test/recipes/simple.rb
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NameError
---------
uninitialized constant Chef::Provider::Boxstarter
Did you mean?  BoxstarterLibrary

System Info:
------------
chef_version=13.5.3
platform=windows
platform_version=6.3.9600
ruby=ruby 2.4.2p198 (2017-09-14 revision 59899) [x64-mingw32]
program_name=C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client
executable=C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client


Running handlers:
[2017-10-19T14:04:03+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2017-10-19T14:04:03+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 07 seconds
[2017-10-19T14:04:03+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to C:/Users/vagrant/AppData/Local/Temp/kitchen/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2017-10-19T14:04:03+00:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report
[2017-10-19T14:04:03+00:00] FATAL: NameError: uninitialized constant Chef::Provider::Boxstarter
Did you mean?  BoxstarterLibrary
Cleaning up local sandbox in C:/Users/trentb/AppData/Local/Temp/default-windows-2012R2-sandbox-20171019-4388-1t6ihj5
Converge failed on instance <default-windows-2012R2>.
------Exception-------
Class: Kitchen::ActionFailed
Message: WinRM exited (1) for command: [$env:PATH = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH","Machine")

& $env:systemdrive\opscode\chef\bin\chef-client.bat --local-mode --config $env:TEMP\kitchen\client.rb --log_level auto --force-formatter --no-color --json-attributes $env:TEMP\kitchen\dna.json --chef-zero-port 8889 ; exit $LastExitCode]
----------------------
------Backtrace-------
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/provisioner/base.rb:86:in `rescue in call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/provisioner/base.rb:89:in `call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:373:in `block in converge_action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:513:in `call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:513:in `synchronize_or_call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:478:in `block in action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/benchmark.rb:279:in `measure'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:477:in `action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:369:in `converge_action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:348:in `block in transition_to'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:347:in `each'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:347:in `transition_to'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:138:in `converge'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/command.rb:201:in `public_send'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/command.rb:201:in `run_action_in_thread'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/command.rb:173:in `block (2 levels) in run_action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/logging-2.1.0/lib/logging/diagnostic_context.rb:450:in `call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/logging-2.1.0/lib/logging/diagnostic_context.rb:450:in `block in create_with_logging_context'
----End Backtrace-----
---Nested Exception---
Class: Kitchen::Transport::WinrmFailed
Message: WinRM exited (1) for command: [$env:PATH = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH","Machine")

& $env:systemdrive\opscode\chef\bin\chef-client.bat --local-mode --config $env:TEMP\kitchen\client.rb --log_level auto --force-formatter --no-color --json-attributes $env:TEMP\kitchen\dna.json --chef-zero-port 8889 ; exit $LastExitCode]
----------------------
------Backtrace-------
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/provisioner/base.rb:86:in `rescue in call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/provisioner/base.rb:89:in `call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:373:in `block in converge_action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:513:in `call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:513:in `synchronize_or_call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:478:in `block in action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/benchmark.rb:279:in `measure'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:477:in `action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:369:in `converge_action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:348:in `block in transition_to'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:347:in `each'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:347:in `transition_to'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:138:in `converge'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/command.rb:201:in `public_send'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/command.rb:201:in `run_action_in_thread'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.10.2/lib/kitchen/command.rb:173:in `block (2 levels) in run_action'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/logging-2.1.0/lib/logging/diagnostic_context.rb:450:in `call'
C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/logging-2.1.0/lib/logging/diagnostic_context.rb:450:in `block in create_with_logging_context'
----End Backtrace-----
[WinRM] closing remote shell 841F9BC1-8E3C-4A68-8D87-1679BF1EE270 on http://127.0.0.1:55985/wsman
[WinRM] remote shell 841F9BC1-8E3C-4A68-8D87-1679BF1EE270 closed