[chef] Re: Re: Re: Templates sends notification even when nothing changes

[Jesse Campbell < >]

One option would be to figure out what owner/group/mode is set by the
external application, then have those be what chef defines.
I've had lots of success doing that with the puppet manifests that I
haven't yet converted, I imagine the same will work for chef.

-Jesse

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 13:10, Arthur Kalmenson 
<
 >
 wrote:
> Jesse,
>
> $ chef-client -v
> Chef: 0.10.8
>
> Daniel,
>
> It looks like you're right. Sorry, the full logs are below. What do I do
> about those chmod and chown changes? Those files are there and there's no
> reason to continue changing the ownership, no?
>
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing group[hubot] action
> create (hubot::default line 20)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing user[hubot] action create
> (hubot::default line 23)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing
> directory[/usr/local/hubot] action create (hubot::default line 30)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing package[libexpat1] action
> install (hubot::default line 39)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing package[libexpat1-dev]
> action install (hubot::default line 39)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing
> remote_file[/tmp/hubot-2.1.3.tar.gz] action create_if_missing
> (hubot::default line 45)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing bash[install hubot]
> action run (hubot::default line 52)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: bash[install hubot] sh("bash"
>  "/tmp/chef-script20120221-11973-mu2hna-0")
>
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: bash[install hubot] ran successfully
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing
> template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json] action create (hubot::default line
> 66)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json] backed up to
> /var/lib/chef/backup/usr/local/hubot/package.json.chef-20120221130628
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json] removed backup at
> /var/lib/chef/backup/./usr/local/hubot/package.json.chef-20120221103932
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json] owner changed to 1001
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json] group changed to 1001
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json] mode changed to 644
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json] updated content
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing
> template[/usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json] action create (hubot::default
> line 74)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json] backed up to
> /var/lib/chef/backup/usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json.chef-20120221130628
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json] removed backup at
> /var/lib/chef/backup/./usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json.chef-20120221103932
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json] owner changed to 1001
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json] group changed to 1001
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json] mode changed to 644
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json] updated content
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/hubot-scripts.json] not queuing delayed action
> restart on service[hubot] (delayed), as it's already been queued
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing
> template[/usr/local/hubot/bin/hubot-wrapper] action create (hubot::default
> line 82)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing
> template[/etc/init.d/hubot] action create (hubot::default line 93)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing service[hubot] action
> enable (hubot::default line 100)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing service[hubot] action
> start (hubot::default line 100)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing package[redis-server]
> action install (redis::package line 21)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing service[redis] action
> start (redis::package line 23)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing
> template[/etc/redis/redis.conf] action create (redis::package line 30)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO:
> template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json] sending restart action to
> service[hubot] (delayed)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Processing service[hubot] action
> restart (hubot::default line 100)
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: service[hubot] restarted
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Chef Run complete in 1.55091 seconds
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Running report handlers
> [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:28 -0500] INFO: Report handlers complete
>
>
>
>
> --
> Arthur Kalmenson
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Daniel DeLeo 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Arthur Kalmenson wrote:
>>
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > I have a template resource that notifies the service to restart. It
>> > looks as follows:
>> >
>> > # apply configurations
>> > template "#{install_dir}/package.json" do
>> > source "package.json.erb"
>> > owner hubot_user
>> > group hubot_group
>> > mode "0644"
>> > notifies :restart, "service[hubot]"
>> > end
>> >
>> > template "#{install_dir}/hubot-scripts.json" do
>> > source "hubot-scripts.json.erb"
>> > owner hubot_user
>> > group hubot_group
>> > mode "0644"
>> > notifies :restart, "service[hubot]"
>> > end
>> >
>> > It's my understanding that the notification will only get called when
>> > the template renders differently. However, even when nothing has changed,
>> > every time chef-client runs, the restart happens.
>> >
>> > ...
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Processing
>> > template[/etc/init.d/hubot] action create (hubot::default line 93)
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Processing service[hubot] action
>> > enable (hubot::default line 100)
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Processing service[hubot] action
>> > start (hubot::default line 100)
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Processing package[redis-server]
>> > action install (redis::package line 21)
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Processing service[redis] action
>> > start (redis::package line 23)
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Processing
>> > template[/etc/redis/redis.conf] action create (redis::package line 30)
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO:
>> > template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json] sending restart action to
>> > service[hubot] (delayed)
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Processing service[hubot] action
>> > restart (hubot::default line 100)
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: service[hubot] restarted
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Chef Run complete in 2.929228
>> > seconds
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Running report handlers
>> > [Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:53 -0500] INFO: Report handlers complete
>> >
>> > Does anyone know why this is happening? Thank you in advance.
>> The log message indicates that `template[/usr/local/hubot/package.json]`
>> is triggering the restart, but you've elided the log messages from that one
>> so we can't see what's going on.
>>
>> Someone had a similar issue which was caused by a separate process
>> chmod-ing the file.
>>
>> >
>> > All the best,
>> > --
>> > Arthur Kalmenson
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dan DeLeo
>>
>>
>>
>