[chef] Re: Help - Creating a "First Run Only" Resource

[Maxim Kulkin < >]

What do you mean by "resource" ? You can just put this text into your recipe 
and that's it.

On Nov 7, 2011, at 23:44, Van Fossan,Randy wrote:

> In the examples, are they to go into a resource or a recipe?  I just
> don't have enough to build on..
> 
> Example from Chef Wiki------
> execute "some_command" do
> command "command to run once"
> notifies :create, "ruby_block[some_command_run_flag]", :immediately
> not_if { node.attribute?("some_command_complete") }
> end
> 
> ruby_block "some_command_run_flag" do
> block do
> node.set['some_command_complete'] = true
> node.save
> end
> action :nothing
> end
> ---------------
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxim Kulkin 
> [mailto:
 
>  
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 2:37 PM
> To: 
> 
 
> Subject: [chef] Re: Help - Creating a "First Run Only" Resource
> 
> What exactly you do not understand ? First boot recipe uses attribute on
> node to signal if it was already executed on that node.
> 
> On Nov 7, 2011, at 21:47, Van Fossan,Randy wrote:
> 
>> I am still learning to write cookbooks and need to Create a "First Run
> Only" Resource.   I am looking at the Wiki Creating a "First Run Only"
> Resource
>> (http://wiki.opscode.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=15728818) and am
> having some difficulties interpreting the example.  Does anyone have a
> cookbook with a complete example?
>> 
>> Basically, I have a recipe (config_disk.rb) that needs to do the
> following only once.
>> 
>> ------Begin snippet ---
>> bash "Configure_Disk" do
>> user "root"
>> cwd "/tmp"
>> code <<-EOH
>> #### Partition sda (Name and Data node) /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda << EOF n 
>> p
>> 
>> 
>> w
>> EOF
>> /sbin/partprobe /dev/sda
>> #######Partition sdb (Name and Data node)
>> /sbin/fdisk /dev/sdb << EOF
>> n
>> p
>> 1
>> 
>> 
>> w
>> EOF
>> EOH
>> end
>> ----End of snippet-----
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Randy
>> OCLC Inc.
> 
> 
>