[chef] Re: Re: howto install a ruby gem that's a pre-req of a chef recipe

[Joshua Blatt < >]

Thanks for the tip



On Aug 14, 2012, at 8:15 PM, AJ Christensen 
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 wrote:

> I believe the s3_file cookbook on the community site is now written in
> pure ruby (uses OpenSSL to generate the headers), so this is no longer
> necessary.
> 
> Regardless, the solution is to use the 'chef_gem' resource during
> 0.10.x (or the chef_gem cookbook for <= 0.10.10*)
> 
> chef_gem "aws-s3"
> 
> Also, you can manipulate and fire the resource created by the DSL (the
> 'old way') during compile time:
> 
> r = gem_package("aws-s3") { action :nothing }
> r.run_action(:install)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --AJ
> 
> On 15 August 2012 14:55, Joshua Blatt 
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>  wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> Wondering if you can help me with a little ordering issue.
>> 
>> I want to create a library with an s3_file resource and provider:  
>> https://gist.github.com/470321
>> 
>> That code depends on the aws-s3 ruby gem http://amazon.rubyforge.org
>> 
>> My reading of http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Anatomy+of+a+Chef+Run ;
>> makes me think the gem won't be installed until the execution phase but 
>> it'll be ruby required in the compilation phase.
>> 
>> Is there a way to install a ruby gem earlier in the process?   Seems like 
>> the sort of thing that'd be really useful every once in a while.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Josh