[chef] Re: Re: A command within the context of an ssh-agent session

[Adam Jacob < >]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Graeme 
Mathieson<
 >
 wrote:
> OK, the observant among you will have noticed that this couldn't possibly
> work because I haven't even registered the provider, never mind told it
> which provider to use by default (through @resource_name). ;-)  Here's
> another attempt and this one really does appear to be working.  Feedback
> would be much appreciated!
>
> class Chef
>   class Provider
>     class ExecuteWithKey < Execute
>       def action_run
>         if @new_resource.key
>          
> 
 
>  "ssh-agent bash -c \'ssh-add
> 
 ;
>  
> 
 '"
>         end
>         super
>       end
>     end
>   end
>   class Resource
>     class ExecuteWithKey < Execute
>       def initialize(name, collection = nil, node = nil)
>         super
>        
> 
 
>  = :execute_with_key
>        
> 
 
>  = nil
>       end
>       def key(arg = nil)
>         set_or_return(:key, arg, :kind_of => [ String ])
>       end
>     end
>   end
> end
> Chef::Platform.set(
>   :resource => :execute_with_key,
>   :provider => Chef::Provider::ExecuteWithKey
> )

Sorry it took so long for me to follow this up - yeah, this looks
reasonable.  Another way to accomplish this would be with definitions
- you could basically just pass all the arguments to execute directly,
and if you have the 'key' param, munge the command in advance.

Adam

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