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

[consiliens < >]

On 07/20/2010 10:30 AM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:24 AM, 
> consiliens<
>  >
>   wrote:
> > On 07/20/2010 09:53 AM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:19 PM, 
> > > consiliens<
> > >  >
> > >     wrote:
> > > > On 07/19/2010 06:36 PM, consiliens wrote:
> > > > > On 07/19/2010 12:07 PM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:01 PM, 
> > > > > > consiliens<
> > > > > >  >
> > > > > >   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

That worked.  I'll update the wiki.

sudo chef-solo --config ./solo.rb  --json-attributes ./run_list.json

$ cat run_list.json
{
  "run_list": [
    "role[nginx]"
  ]
}


It would be nice if there was a --ruby-attributes option.  run_list.rb 
could use the Ruby DSL.
run_list 'role[nginx]'