[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Good example of a lwrp

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Friday, December 21, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Maven User wrote:

actually - I'm a BIT further now (maybe).

So removing the action and end.run_action items, I can see now it's executing the ruby code when it should.

BUT - now it doesn't understand what a "directory" or a "template" is - how do I import these things?

You went a bit in the wrong direction. I'd recommend either:

1) use resources like normal, and put raw ruby code into ruby blocks:

action :something do

  directory "path" do

    #stuff

  end

  ruby_block "arbitrary_code" do

    block do

      # some code

    end

  end

  file "path/file" do

    #stuff

  end

end

OR

2) Use action :nothing plus run_action, but *no* ruby blocks

action :something do

  directory "path" do

    #stuff

    action :nothing

    run_action(:create) # this works if it's very last

  end # or you can put `.run_action()` here, it'll be the same result

  # random ruby code, NO ruby_block resource

  r = file "path/file" do

    #stuff

    action :nothing

  end

  r.run_action(:create) # this is the other way to use run_action(): assign resource to a variable

end

This example is a little complicated, but you should be able to see the general pattern:

https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/java/blob/1.6.0/providers/ark.rb

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Daniel DeLeo