[chef] Re: Re: commands output for execute/script resources

[Vladimir Girnet < >]

On 11/2/2010 6:18 PM, Seth Falcon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Vladimir Girnet
> <
>  >
>   wrote:
> > Sometimes it is required to see output of a command or a script. I know that
> > "-l debug" will display it, but it will also display a lot of non-required
> > debug information.
> >
> > Is there a way to display output of a specific "execute", "package" or
> > "script/bash" resources, except debug mode?
> >
> > Is it possible to add for "execute", "package" and "script/bash" resources a
> > new option "output", which is by default false, but can be set to true to
> > display execution results?
> Is it that you want to process the output of a resource or just see it
> in the logs in more detail?
> If I'm understanding right, you just want the output to appear in the
> log.  I'd like to understand a bit more on the motivation.  Is this
> for debugging, but where debug -l produces too much info or for
> another purpose?
>
> + seth
I'd like to see more details in the chef-client output or log file. Not 
just "running this task"...
Why? We have multiple "execute" and "script" resources. And some of them 
will run for a long time without any output. Running the same command 
manually will display some output, this way informing me about progress.
    So, progress in log files/console is always good. It would be great 
to have an option to enable/disable it for particular resources.
    Also, I may need to view output from only one resource. I know all 
other resources are working well. Running chef-client in debug mode will 
display output from all resources.
    Another moment - if a resource will fail - we will see a ruby 
stacktrace. Only in debug mode we will see the actual error. What if we 
have a resource that will run for 5 minutes? I have to wait 5 minutes to 
see the ruby stack, then switch to debug mode to see the actual error. I 
think this one was discussed previously already. It will be great to 
display full output of a resource with stderr included if exit code is 
different from expected ( usually 0 ).

Thanks,
Vladimir Girnet