[chef] Re: Problem calling Win32::Service from recipe

[AJ Christensen < >]

Use ::Win32::Service to break out of the Chef namespace

Cheers,

AJ

On 14 March 2013 08:14, Peter Loron 
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 wrote:
> I've got a simple recipe I'm working on to set up some of our custom 
> Windows services. I'm trying to invoke the win32-service gem to check for 
> the existence of a service. I'm using Chef 11.2.0.
>
> When I make the chef-client run, it fails with a "Recipe Compile Error", 
> "uninitialized constant Chef::Win32::Service".
>
> The recipe code is below. I'm sure I'm just missing something basic but I'm 
> not sure what. I've found other examples of Chef code out there using this 
> syntax. I looked down in the bowels of the omnibus installed ruby and the 
> win32-service gem is there, and I don't get an error on the require. When I 
> run something like this from the command-line on the client box, it 
> succeeds. The omnibus ruby is the only one on that machine.
>
> Any pointers? Clue stick? Thanks.
>
>
>
> require 'win32/service'
>
> target_service = "BogusServiceName"
>
> if Win32::Service.exists?(target_service)
>                 Chef::Log.info target_service + "Found!"
>         else
>                 Chef::Log.info target_service + "NOT Found!"
> end