[chef] Re: Windows registry provider problems

[AJ Christensen < >]

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Regards,

--AJ

On 7 February 2012 06:16, Bryan Stenson 
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 wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> I'm using the github opscode Windows cookbook (1.2.9) to add registry
> entries...when I use the example syntax, it works great (i've added the
> logging):
>
> windows_registry
> 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SNMP\Parameters\RFC1156Agent' do
>  values 'sysContact' => node[:snmpd][:sysContact], 'sysLocation' =>
> node.chef_environment
>  Chef::Log.info("** #{values}**")
> end
>
> I have a use case for adding a dynamic number of key/value pairs into the
> hash...so I'm forced to use a different hash operator.  However, if I switch
> to the other hash syntax (shown below):
>
> windows_registry
> 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SNMP\Parameters\RFC1156Agent' do
>  values['sysContact'] = node[:snmpd][:sysContact]
>  values['sysLocation'] = node.chef_environment
>  Chef::Log.info("** #{values}**")
> end
>
> the chef-client fails with the following error: "FATAL: NoMethodError:
> undefined method '[]=' for nil:NilClass"...despite the "values" hash being
> printed to in the logs identically to the "good" hash syntax.
>
> The error above can be traced back to the registry.rb provider, where the
> values hash is apparently nil ({}).
>
> I've tried everything I can think of (explicitly instantiating the "values"
> hash as new, declaring "values" as both instance and/or global scope), and
> I'm not getting anywhere.
>
> Does anybody have any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks for your time.
> Bryan