[chef] Re: cookbook rsyslog does not contain file templates/50-default.conf.erb

[AJ Christensen < >]

Yo,

On 30 November 2010 10:57, Brian Finney 
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 wrote:
> I'm trying to use the rsyslog cookbook through the opscode platform
> but it doesn't seem to be downloading all of it's templates.  I'm
> guessing the server determines what templates to send down by running
> the recipes,

It does not. It is aware of the templates in the directory, though.

 however in this case the template directory is in a
> conditional statement so it seems like it may be getting masked.  If
> this is the case how can I explicitly tell chef that this template
> should be transfered even if the conditional may not succeed or how
> can I make the conditional succeed on the server.

Place the template in your 'cookbooks/rsyslog/templates/default/'
folder, and it will be available to all platforms. I believe that
particular template conditional stops a non-compatible rsyslog
template from being installed (on older than Jaunty Jackalope Ubuntu
systems)

http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Files#Files-FileSpecificity

Regards,

AJ

>
> relevant code can be found at
> https://github.com/opscode/cookbooks/blob/master/rsyslog/recipes/default.rb
> line 52-60
>