[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Working with binary cookbook_file files

[Adam Jacob < >]

Luke, this is a lovely ticket to file, and would be a great first patch. :)

Adam

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Luke Biddell 
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> I disagree. There's only 4 places it could be according to the docco. Saying
> the file could not be found and listing those places would be useful. It's
> an exceptional circumstance and should not happen very often at all - more
> information is better in this case.
>
> Thanks for all the help and prompt responses.
> On 5 October 2010 13:55, Thom May 
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>  wrote:
>>
>> I guess it's somewhat tricky in that it might not be default, and
>> listing all the
>> things it /could/ be would be rather sucky.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 13:43, Luke Biddell 
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>>  wrote:
>> > Yup - that was it. Thanks Thom.
>> > Shame the logging doesn't include the default part of the path so you
>> > know
>> > you've fallen through the conditions and not matched. ie
>> > ERROR: Re-raising exception: Chef::Exceptions::FileNotFound -
>> > cookbook custom-jetty does not contain file
>> > files/default/linux-i686/libblah.so
>> >
>> > Then you'd have a clue. RTFM though, fair enough.
>> >
>> > On 5 October 2010 13:20, Luke Biddell 
>> > <
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>> >  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks Thom, I'll check it out. It's somewhat misleading then that the
>> >> logging ties up.
>> >>
>> >> On 5 October 2010 10:57, Thom May 
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>> >>  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>> while I hate to unload a wiki link on you,
>> >>> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Files pretty much tells you all
>> >>> you need to know. :)
>> >>> (you need to put the files in files/default, not files)
>> >>> -Thom
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:43, Luke Biddell 
>> >>> <
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>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > I'm building a custom jetty cookbook to deploy some internal
>> >>> > software
>> >>> > here.
>> >>> > That software using jni so I have to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and
>> >>> > bundle
>> >>> > some
>> >>> > .so files for linux.
>> >>> > I've added my .so files to cookbook/files/linux-i686/libblah.so
>> >>> > In my recipe I refer to them like this...
>> >>> >
>> >>> > cookbook_file "#{node[:jetty][:libraries_path]}/libblah.so" do
>> >>> >   source "#{node[:os]}-#{node[:kernel][:machine]}/libblah.so"
>> >>> > end
>> >>> >
>> >>> > ...and I do "knife cookbook upload custom-jetty.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > If I go to the admin console on the chef server, I don't see files
>> >>> > listed
>> >>> > under the cookbook, I only see "Attribute Files", "Recipe Files" and
>> >>> > "Template Files".
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On the machine that's running the chef-client, when my custom-jetty
>> >>> > cookbook
>> >>> > runs, I get the error...
>> >>> >     ERROR: Re-raising exception: Chef::Exceptions::FileNotFound -
>> >>> > cookbook
>> >>> > custom-jetty does not contain file files/linux-i686/libblah.so
>> >>> > The path looks good to me, so I need to start digging. Where in the
>> >>> > chef
>> >>> > server internals should I look to confirm that the files have
>> >>> > uploaded
>> >>> > correctly?
>> >>> > Thanks for any help you can give.
>> >>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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