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

[AJ Christensen < >]

Yo,

On 7 October 2011 14:22,  
<
 >
 wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011, AJ Christensen wrote:
>
>> Yo,
>>
>> >
>> >    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!
>
> will do.
>
>> Unfortunately, interval takes an integer - not a string. use:
>>
>> interval <%= node["chef_client"]["interval"].to_i %>
>
> i just tried that.. still getting error. i definately appreciate the
> help here via mailing list, but let me know if i should just head over
> to opscode jira..
>
>
> the top 3 lines of that client.rb.erb are now:
>    log_level        :info
>    log_location     STDOUT
>    interval         "<%= node["chef_client"]["interval"].to_i %>"
>
> uploaded the cookbook.
>
>
> still getting an error.
>
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:12:59 +0000] ERROR: TypeError: can't convert String 
> into time interval
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:12:59 +0000] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to 
> /var/cache/chef/chef-stacktrace.out
> [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:12:59 +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
>
> 10/07 
> 01:
 
>  ~]# head -3 /etc/chef/client.rb
> log_level        :info
> log_location     STDOUT
> interval         "21600"

Still getting rendered as a string here. You want that to appear as:

interval 21600

Please paste the relevant contents of your client.erb template.

Cheers,

–AJ

>
>
> thoughts?
>
>
>
> for shizzles i've tried both
>
>      "interval": "21600",
>
> and
>
>      "interval": 21600,
>
> in my override, like:
>  "override_attributes": {
>    "chef_client": {
>      "init_style": "init",
>      "interval": "21600",
>      "server_url": "https://chef.dev.sushimysavior.com";,
>      "validation_client_name": "chef-validator"
>    }
>  }
>
>
>
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