[chef] Re: How to define a variable into an execution command

[Ash Berlin < >]

On 16 Mar 2011, at 14:01, WEINHAPL Andreas wrote:

Hi,

 

I have a problem with my executing command string in chef, because it doesn’t see my declaration as a variable instead he will use the “name” of the variable.  I tried it with attributes aso but the result will be the same L

 

This is my recipe:

 

Recipe:default.rb:

# Update and restart ntp-deamon

# NTP is the variable for Server1(first) and the Server(second)

 

execute "Set time to NTP Time now" do

   command '/usr/sbin/ntpdate <%= node[:ntp][:first] %>'  => should be “command ‘/usr/sbin/ntpdate 217.0.0.1’ “

  action :run

end

 

That is what chef will see if I execute it:

“

handle_command_failures': /usr/sbin/ntpdate <%= node[:ntp][:first] %> returned 2, expected 0

“

 

Have anybody a similar problem and could resolve it?!

 

Best regards and thanks for the help

Andreas

<%= %> is ERB syntax and doesn't apply in recipe files. Instead you want to use ruby interpolation syntax:

command "ntpdate #{ node[:ntp][:first] }"

HTH,

-ash