[chef] Re: Libraries being used in templates.

[Scott Likens <scott@likens.us>]

Cancel this.

Got it all straightened out.

On Jul 23, 2009, at 10:54 PM, Scott Likens wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I had recently dug myself into using libraries and wondered if  
> anyone had a way to make it work in templates?
>
> I was looking at http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Libraries and  
> noticed it did not mention the word templates,
>
> so I whipped up something like this,
>
> all_vhosts do |name, info|
>  template "/etc/nginx/sites-available/#{name}.conf" do
>  source "default-site.erb"
>  owner "www-data"
>  group "www-data"
>  mode 0644
>  variables(
>    name => name
>  )
>  end
> end
>
> I can't seem to obviously get name to iterate properly? (not sure if  
> that's the right word) but @name never appears in the template, as a  
> simple <%= @name %> shows zilch.
>
> Obviously this works super clean and awesome in 1/2 of my recipe,  
> but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the last part of  
> this hurdle?  I'm sure it's something I've overlooked but I'd love a  
> hint/pointer/etc?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Scott M. Likens
>
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