[chef] Re: Re: Problem While Installing Linux Package with Chef

[Alex Kiernan < >]

This fixes it for me (OEL 5.5):

require 'chef/platform'

Chef::Platform.set(:platform => :enterpriseenterpriseserver, :resource
=> :service, :provider => Chef::Provider::Service::Redhat)
Chef::Platform.set(:platform => :enterpriseenterpriseserver, :resource
=> :cron, :provider => Chef::Provider::Cron)
Chef::Platform.set(:platform => :enterpriseenterpriseserver, :resource
=> :package, :provider => Chef::Provider::Package::Yum)
Chef::Platform.set(:platform => :enterpriseenterpriseserver, :resource
=> :mdadm, :provider => Chef::Provider::Mdadm)


On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Adam Jacob 
<
 >
 wrote:
> What does Ohai currently report the platform as?
>
> You can get this to work by doing the following in /etc/chef/client.rb:
>
> require 'chef/platform'
> Chef::Platform.set(:platform => :WHAT_OHAI_REPORTS_FOR_PLATFORM, :resource 
> => :service, :provider => Chef::Provider::Service::Redhat)
> Chef::Platform.set(:platform => :WHAT_OHAI_REPORTS_FOR_PLATFORM, :resource 
> => :cron, :provider => Chef::Provider::Cron)
> Chef::Platform.set(:platform => :WHAT_OHAI_REPORTS_FOR_PLATFORM, :resource 
> => :package, :provider => Chef::Provider::Package::Yum)
> Chef::Platform.set(:platform => :WHAT_OHAI_REPORTS_FOR_PLATFORM, :resource 
> => :package, :provider => Chef::Provider::Mdadm)
>
> You could also do this in an attribute file or a cookbook library.
>
> Best,
> Adam
>
> ---
> Opscode, Inc.
> Adam Jacob, Chief Product Officer
> T: (206) 619-7151 E: 
> 
 
>
> On Oct 24, 2011, at 6:40 PM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
>
>> On Monday, October 24, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Joshua Timberman wrote:
>>> Hi there!
>>>
>>> The root of the problem is that the tool Chef uses to detect
>>> information about the node it is running on, Ohai, does not have a
>>> plugin to properly detect Oracle Linux. This will affect four
>>> resources:
>>>
>>> cron
>>> mdadm
>>> package
>>> service
>>>
>>> When you have recipes that use any of these recipes, you'll probably
>>> need to add the "provider" parameter to these resources so they work
>>> on Oracle Linux.
>>>
>>> We'd like to correct the problem, though. Please open a ticket at
>>> tickets.opscode.com (http://tickets.opscode.com) in the OHAI project to 
>>> add support for Oracle
>>> Linux. If there's an /etc/redhat-release, please include its contents
>>> in the ticket.
>> Once ohai knows what Oracle Linux is, Chef will need to be updated to use 
>> the yum package provider for package resources (&etc.), so please also 
>> create a ticket in the CHEF project and reference the Ohai ticket. (hint: 
>> if you write a ticket number like OHAI-123 in the description, it will 
>> auto-link).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Dan DeLeo
>
>



-- 
Alex Kiernan