deal with case where another server in the replcation set is already

initiated, and connect to it for config because we don't have a local
config yet. however, still support if our current server is already initialized

libraries/mongodb.rb

@@ -83,9 +83,17 @@ def self.configure_replicaset(node, name, members)
     end
     if result.fetch("ok", nil) == 1
       # everything is fine, do nothing
-    elsif result.fetch("errmsg", nil) == "already initialized"
+    elsif result.fetch("errmsg", nil) =~ %r/(\S+) is already initiated/ || (result.fetch("errmsg", nil) == "already initialized")
+      server,port = $1.nil? ? ['localhost',node['mongodb']['port']] : $1.split(":")
+      begin
+        connection = Mongo::Connection.new(server, port, :op_timeout => 5, :slave_ok => true)
+      rescue
+        abort("Could not connect to database: '#{server}:#{port}'")
+      end
+
       # check if both configs are the same
       config = connection['local']['system']['replset'].find_one({"_id" => name})
+
       if config['_id'] == name and config['members'] == rs_members
         # config is up-to-date, do nothing
         Chef::Log.info("Replicaset '#{name}' already configured")