[chef] Re: out-of-the-box chef-client cookbook has no interval dial

[AJ Christensen < >]

Yo,

On 7 October 2011 13:55,  
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 wrote:
>
> hiya,
>
> at this point in my chef infancy i'm under the impression that i should
> be able to use community cookbooks as is for basic functionality, and
> shouldn't generally need to modify them. if i need to modify attributes,
> i do that in an attribute override.
>
> i'm trying to do that for the chef-client interval. it defaults to
> 1800 in the cookbook's default attributes. i have an override in my
> base role:
>
> [chefrepo]$ knife role show base -a override_attributes
> override_attributes:
>  chef_client:
>    init_style:              init
>    interval:                21600
>    server_url:              https://chef.dev.blueangelsinmypance.com
>    validation_client_name:  chef-validator
>
>
> (yes, i'll go with 1800 interval at a later time in my deployment.)
>
>
> but this isn't working - an interval line in my client's config doesn't
> appear. i'm pretty sure the reason is because there is no interval
> line in the template:
>
>    cookbooks/chef-client/templates/default/client.rb.erb

Sounds like a bug in the cookbook.

>
> should i modify that template or is there a better "best practices"
> way to handle this?

You could modify the template locally, open a ticket on the COOK
project, and/or supply the fix!

>
> and so, i go ahead and add a line to that template, run the client,
> and get an error..
>
> my change:
>
> --- client.rb.erb       2011-10-07 00:53:10.000000000 +0000
> +++ client.rb.erb.new   2011-10-07 00:53:03.000000000 +0000
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
>  # Using default node name
>  <% end -%>
>
>   +interval         "<%= node["chef_client"]["interval"] %>"

Unfortunately, interval takes an integer - not a string. use:

interval <%= node["chef_client"]["interval"].to_i %>

Regards,

–AJ

>    file_backup_path   "<%= node["chef_client"]["backup_path"] %>"
>    file_cache_path    "<%= node["chef_client"]["cache_path"] %>"
>
>
>
>
> the error on the client:
>
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:41:54 +0000] INFO: template[/etc/chef/client.rb] 
> sending create action to ruby_block[reload_client_config] (delayed)
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:41:54 +0000] INFO: Processing 
> ruby_block[reload_client_config] action create (chef-client::config line 48)
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:41:54 +0000] INFO: ruby_block[reload_client_config] 
> called
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:41:54 +0000] INFO: 
> template[/etc/sysconfig/chef-client] sending restart action to 
> service[chef-client] (delayed)
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:41:54 +0000] INFO: Processing service[chef-client] 
> action restart (chef-client::service line 73)
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:42:00 +0000] INFO: service[chef-client] restarted
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:42:00 +0000] INFO: Chef Run complete in 63.332668 
> seconds
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:42:00 +0000] INFO: Running report handlers
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:42:00 +0000] INFO: Report handlers complete
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:42:00 +0000] ERROR: TypeError: can't convert String 
> into time interval
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:42:00 +0000] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to 
> /var/cache/chef/chef-stacktrace.out
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:42:00 +0000] ERROR: Sleeping for 21600 seconds before 
> trying again
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:282:in
>  `select': can't convert String into time interval (TypeError)
>    from 
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:282:in
>  `client_sleep'
>    from 
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:263:in
>  `run_application'
>    from 
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
>  `loop'
>    from 
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
>  `run_application'
>    from 
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application.rb:67:in
>  `run'
>    from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/chef-client:26
>    from /usr/bin/chef-client:19:in `load'
>    from /usr/bin/chef-client:19
>
>
>
> halp? thanks!
>
> kallen
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