Problem scenario
You are trying to create an organization using the chef-server-ctl org-create command. But you get an error that the "name" entered was invalid. For example, you run this:
sudo chef-server-ctl org-create ContInt "ContinualIntegration" --association_user contintuser --filename /bin/good.pem
But you get this:
ERROR: The data in your request was invalid
Response: Field 'name' invalid
What should you do?
Solution
For the "shortname" that is immediately after the "org-create" command, make sure it is all lowercase. Instead of "ContInt", it should be "contint".