[chef-dev] Re: Ohai resource with reload action doesn't refresh node['fqdn'] etc.

["Chris Fordham" < >]

On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:39:17 +1000, Chris Fordham <
 >  
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I do hope this is ok for this list as it seems to be core chef, although  
> I don't discount the pebkac possibility.
>
> This is the recipe which has a provider:  
> https://github.com/flaccid/cookbooks_public/blob/master/cookbooks/rs_utils/recipes/setup_hostname.rb
Also here is the provider:  
https://github.com/flaccid/cookbooks_public/blob/master/cookbooks/rs_utils/providers/hostname.rb
Maybe there is a way to debug if nobody has any ideas? Failing that I  
think I will need to raise a bug - I'm just not seeing how the code is  
wrong if the reload is occurring visibly early enough.

> Example output showing that reloading ohai hostname plugin doesn't  
> actually reload:
>
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:46 +1000] INFO: Processing  
> ohai[reload_hostname_info_from_ohai] action reload  
> (/usr/src/chef-cookbooks/cookbooks_public/cookbooks/rs_utils/providers/hostname.rb  
> line 109)
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:46 +1000] INFO:  
> ohai[reload_hostname_info_from_ohai] reloaded
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:46 +1000] INFO: Processing  
> ruby_block[show_host_info] action create (rs_utils::setup_hostname line  
> 36)
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: == New host/node information ==
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: Hostname:  
> fibbles.dev.xhost.net.au
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: Network node hostname:  
> fibbles.dev.xhost.net.au
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: Alias names of host: fibbles
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: Short host name (cut from first  
> dot of hostname): fibbles
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: Domain of hostname:  
> dev.xhost.net.au
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: FQDN of host:  
> fibbles.dev.xhost.net.au
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: IP addresses for the hostname:  
> 10.0.0.3
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: Current Chef FQDN loaded from  
> Ohai: localhost.localdomain
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: ruby_block[show_host_info] called
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: Chef Run complete in 5.3113  
> seconds
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: Running report handlers
> [Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:47 +1000] INFO: Report handlers complete
>
> As you can see the hostname successfully changed and  
> ohai[reload_hostname_info_from_ohai] reloaded ran. But node['fqdn'] and  
> node['hostname'] are not updated: Current Chef FQDN loaded from Ohai:  
> localhost.localdomain (the old value). This is also the case if I added  
> another recipe to the run_list after - node['fqdn'] is still the old one.
>
> We've tried many different ways of loading and ordering, each with the  
> same result: the ohai reload happens clearly before the log entries or  
> subsequent recipes, but not changed.
>
> Is this a bug, pebkac or otherwise? Help is much appreciated and I can  
> lodge a bug if thats the case.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Chris Fordham
> RightScale Inc.