[chef] Re: Re: Re: Windows registry provider problems

[AJ Christensen < >]

Try something like this:
https://gist.github.com/1754714

In a resource, the parameters are assigned using a method_missing on
the Resource class (or something similar), this means, among other
things, that you might not have access to manipulate a hash Parameter
with []=

Regards,

--AJ

On 7 February 2012 09:41, Bryan Stenson 
<
 >
 wrote:
> Thanks AJ -
>
> Source code is here: https://gist.github.com/1754671
>
> DEBUG logs are here: https://gist.github.com/1754690
>
> As you can see, I have a "windows-application-role" which has the snmpd and
> windows default recipes applied....this role is applied to my server in
> question.
>
> Bryan
>
>
>
> On 02/06/2012 11:59 AM, AJ Christensen wrote:
>>
>> Show full stack trace and code on a gist, with DEBUG log level.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --AJ
>>
>> On 7 February 2012 06:16, Bryan 
>> Stenson<
 >
>>   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