[chef] Re: Re: Re: how to manage dependent resources?

[Andrea Campi < >]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Bryan Berry 
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 wrote:
> that's a good idea Andrea but I really like the solution that ssd7 came up
> w/
>
> I generate the base inside the initialize method for my tomcat LWRP
>
> file: tomcat/resources/default.rb
>
> def initialize(*args)s
>
>   super
>
>   @action = :install
>
>   catalina_parent = Pathname.new(node['tomcat']['home']).parent.to_s
>
>   @base = 
> "#{catalina_parent}/
 "
>
>   Chef::Log.debug("base_is 
> 
 ")
>
>   @supports = {:report => true, :exception => true}
>
> end
>
> now my recipe code looks like this
>
> t = tomcat "jira" do
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>   user node['jira']['user']
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>   action :install
>
> end
>
>
>
> # get mysql connector
>
> ivy "mysql-connector-java" do
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>   groupId "mysql"
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>   version "5.1.18"
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>   dest  "#{t.base}/lib"
>
> end
>
> much more elegant

For such a simple, explicit dependency I agree, it's nice and elegant.
My approach probably works better in more complicated cases.

Andrea