[chef] Re: Problems using resources

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Monday, October 17, 2011 at 7:22 AM, 

 
 wrote:
> I've got a chef server installed on CentOS 6, and am trying to get a recipe
> working to configure NFS mounts on a client (also CentOS 6), and it keeps
> failing:
> 
> 
 
>  ~]# chef-client
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:56 -0400] INFO: *** Chef 0.10.4 ***
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] INFO: Run List is [recipe[nfs]]
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] INFO: Run List expands to [nfs]
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] INFO: Starting Chef Run for client
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] INFO: Loading cookbooks [nfs]
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] INFO: Storing updated
> cookbooks/nfs/resources/nfs1.rb in the cache.
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] INFO: Storing updated
> cookbooks/nfs/metadata.rb in the cache.
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] ERROR: Running exception handlers
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] FATAL: Saving node information to
> /var/chef/cache/failed-run-data.json
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to
> /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
> [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:12:57 -0400] FATAL: NoMethodError: undefined method
> `mount' for #<Class:0x7fa423126398>
> 
> The contents of my nfs1.rb resource are
> 
> [~/Library/Chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/] % egrep -v '^#' 
> ./nfs/resources/nfs1.rb 
> 
> mount "/nfsdir" do
>  device "nfs1.dom.ain.com (http://nfs1.dom.ain.com):/ifs/nfs1"
>  fstype "nfs"
>  options "rw"
>  action [:mount, :enable]
> end
> 
> The stack trace on the client is
> 
> Generated at Mon Oct 17 10:12:57 -0400 2011
> NoMethodError: undefined method `mount' for #<Class:0x7fa423126398>
> /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/nfs/resources/nfs1.rb:8:in `class_from_file'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource.rb:533:in
> `build_from_file'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource.rb:500:in
> `initialize'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource.rb:500:in
> `new'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource.rb:500:in
> `build_from_file'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context.rb:96:in
> `load_lwrp_resources'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context.rb:120:in
> `call'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context.rb:120:in
> `foreach_cookbook_load_segment'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context.rb:119:in
> `each'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context.rb:119:in
> `foreach_cookbook_load_segment'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context.rb:117:in
> `each'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context.rb:117:in
> `foreach_cookbook_load_segment'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context.rb:94:in
> `load_lwrp_resources'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context.rb:59:in
> `load'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:195:in
> `setup_run_context'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:159:in
> `run'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:239:in
> `run_application'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
> `loop'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
> `run_application'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/../lib/chef/application.rb:67:in
> `run'
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.4/bin/chef-client:26
> /usr/bin/chef-client:19:in `load'
> /usr/bin/chef-client:19
> 
> I also get the same sort of error when I try to use the "directory" 
> directive.
> Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, here?
> 
> -Mike
> -- 
> 
 
>  
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Files in the resources directory are for LWRPs: 
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Lightweight+Resources+and+Providers+%28LWRP%29
 (tl;dr: DSL for creating your own resource types and provider back-ends)

If you're looking to use existing types to configure a system, you want a 
recipe instead. You might find this page handy: 
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Chef+Basics and this one: ;
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Recipes

HTH,

-- 
Dan DeLeo