[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Roles to JSON broken on Chef-Solo

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:24 AM, consiliens 
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> On 07/20/2010 09:53 AM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:19 PM, 
>> consiliens<
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>>   wrote:
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>>> On 07/19/2010 06:36 PM, consiliens wrote:
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>>>> On 07/19/2010 12:07 PM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:01 PM, 
>>>>> consiliens<
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>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why does chef-solo require a key to generate a JSON representation of
>>>>>> a role
>>>>>> for use with chef-solo?
>>>>>
>>>>> `rake roles` calls `knife role from file` which assumes you want to
>>>>> upload the role to the server. With chef solo, you are not required to
>>>>> convert the role to JSON before using it, however--you should be able
>>>>> to just configure your `role_path` in solo.rb and run with it. I see
>>>>> this is not documented on the roles page in the wiki, and the chef
>>>>> solo page states that you have to convert to JSON first, which is
>>>>> incorrect. I don't have time to fix these right now, but I'll make a
>>>>> note to fix them as I'm able. If you're willing to fix them, that
>>>>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan DeLeo
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm willing to fix them. Thank you for explaining how to use roles with
>>>> chef-solo.
>>>
>>> I tried role_path and it's still not working.  I'll update the wiki once
>>> it
>>> works.  Here's the code I'm using.
>>>
>> What error are you getting?  `Chef::Exceptions::RoleNotFound`?
>> Unfortunately, there's not a lot of debug info to be had here, but if
>> you're willing to hack some into the code, here's where you'd do it:
>>
>> http://github.com/opscode/chef/blob/5f8f81915cfa2bc60cfd5d0cb2899a1188d8731c/chef/lib/chef/role.rb#L253-267
>>
>> HTH,
>> Dan DeLeo
>>
> There is no error.  The cookbooks just never run.  I'm using the exact same
> files on the Opscode platform without issue.  Is setting node_name the
> proper way to tell chef-solo which role to apply?
>
> I'll add the debug info and see what happens.
>
Oh, looking at your command-line invocation of chef-solo, it seems
like you need to also provide a JSON file with a run_list that
specifies which roles chef should use:
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/chef+Solo#ChefSolo-JSON%2CAttributesandRecipes