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

[consiliens < >]

On 07/20/2010 11:39 AM, consiliens wrote:
> 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]'

I updated the wiki.

http://wiki.opscode.com/pages/diffpagesbyversion.action?pageId=1179893&selectedPageVersions=16&selectedPageVersions=12

The CAPTCHA on every edit combined with no preview button made it 
difficult to contribute.  It would be nice if Knife was able to locally 
convert between the Ruby DSL and the JSON syntax.