DEBUG: apt_package[mongodb] candidate version for mongodb is (none)

[lmilbaum]

I would like to install mongodb 3.2.7 on Ubuntu 16.04.
Specified in the file: attributes/default.rb
override[:mongodb][:package_version] = '3.2.7'

Output:
169.46.88.66 * apt_package[mongodb] action install
169.46.88.66 * No candidate version available for mongodb
169.46.88.66 ================================================================================
169.46.88.66 Error executing action install on resource 'apt_package[mongodb]'
169.46.88.66 ================================================================================
169.46.88.66
169.46.88.66 Chef::Exceptions::Package
169.46.88.66 -------------------------
169.46.88.66 No candidate version available for mongodb
169.46.88.66
169.46.88.66 Cookbook Trace:
169.46.88.66 ---------------
169.46.88.66 /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:78:in run_action' 169.46.88.66 /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:106:in block (2 levels) in converge'
169.46.88.66 /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:106:in each' 169.46.88.66 /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:106:in block in converge'
169.46.88.66 /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:105:in converge' 169.46.88.66 169.46.88.66 Resource Declaration: 169.46.88.66 --------------------- 169.46.88.66 # In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/mongodb/recipes/install.rb 169.46.88.66 169.46.88.66 77: package node[:mongodb][:package_name] do 169.46.88.66 78: options packager_opts 169.46.88.66 79: action :install 169.46.88.66 80: version node[:mongodb][:package_version] 169.46.88.66 81: end 169.46.88.66 82: 169.46.88.66 169.46.88.66 Compiled Resource: 169.46.88.66 ------------------ 169.46.88.66 # Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/mongodb/recipes/install.rb:77:in from_file'
169.46.88.66
169.46.88.66 apt_package("mongodb") do
169.46.88.66 package_name "mongodb"
169.46.88.66 action [:install]
169.46.88.66 retries 0
169.46.88.66 retry_delay 2
169.46.88.66 default_guard_interpreter :default
169.46.88.66 declared_type :package
169.46.88.66 cookbook_name "mongodb"
169.46.88.66 recipe_name "install"
169.46.88.66 options "-o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" --force-yes"
169.46.88.66 version "3.2.7"
169.46.88.66 end

[josephholsten]

This repo is EOL, but the code lives on at https://github.com/sous-chefs/mongodb. Could you give that cookbook a look and let us know if it doesn't fix your issue?