[chef] Re: LWRPs as containers

[Adam Jacob < >]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Mark J. Reed 
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 wrote:
> I have an LWRP that fundamentally just creates a bunch of other
> resources dynamically.  I had some issues getting notifies to work, so
> I have some questions.
>
> 1. Is an LWRP the best way to create a resource that is really a
> collection of other resources?
>
> 2. If not, what is?  A define?  A straight-up non-lightweight resource
> definition?  It's definitely not a recipe, as I need to be able to
> call/include it multiple times with different parameters.
>
> 3. If it's at least a reasonable way to do it, where in the provider
> does that logic belong?  Creating more resources once you're already
> running the action seems a bit late; I wind up having to call
> run_action on them as I create them in order to get the behavior I
> want.
>
> 4. As far as notifies go, is there a way from the provider to access
> the set of notifications requested?
>
> Any thoughts and recommendations appreciated. Thanks!

Can you give us some example code, and tell us what's happening with
the notifications?

Adam

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