[chef] Re: Re: Question about recipes

[Jens Skott < >]

Can you perhaps explain a bit more about the notifies or/and send me
some info where to find it in the wiki if possible? =)
Just want the config files to deploy when I updates them and if thay
have been updated restart the service, else exit 0.
I know how to do it in bash, just not in ruby(chef) yet.


Jens Skott
Tel: +46-8-5142 4396
Schibsted Centralen IT



2012/11/5 William Herry 
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> it will not run again the second time chef runs, most of resources are and
> every time chef client runs, it will chef the resource status, if it is not
> we expected(like package is not been installed), it will take the action to
> bring that part to the status we expected, if it is already in the status we
> expected(like package already installed), it will do nothing
>
> about config file and service, you may want to use notifies, which mainly
> means when config file changes, send some single(like restart) to the
> service resource
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> hope this help
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> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Jens Skott 
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>  wrote:
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>> I have a question about RPM:s and config files with chef.
>> Im sorry if im writing a question I should find the answer to on the
>> site but have not found any information regarding it or I could just
>> have missed it.
>>
>> The question I have is. If I write a recipe that installs a RPM
>> package trough yum, then deploys config files in specific directories
>> and then restarts the enables and starts the service. Then have a
>> dependency on apache recipe and does and action [:restart] on httpd
>> service.
>>
>> What does the chef recipe actualy do the second time chef runs? Does
>> it reinstalls the RPM and config files then restarts the httpd
>> service? Or does it do a diff to see if its the same package and skip
>> the installation and configfiles but restarts httpd?
>>
>> Anyone who can enlighten me or point me to a RTFM page? =)
>>
>> Jens Skott
>> Tel: +46-8-5142 4396
>> Schibsted Centralen IT
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