[chef] Re: Using "subscribes" in recipes

[AJ Christensen < >]

try

subscribes :install, 'package[tomcat]', :immediately

Cheers,

AJ

On 6 May 2013 00:03,  
<
 >
 wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to make a modification to a package that is installed by 
> several
> different recipes.
>
> Since I'm trying not to modify the the cookbook directly, I believe the best
> way to do this is to create a recipe with some actions that include a
> "subscribes" line. After reading the documentation, some googling, and a 
> number
> of attempts, I'm still a bit unclear on how to do this.
>
> Any tips on how to do this correctly would be appreciated. Here's what I've
> tried so far:
>
> --------------
> # In main cookbook
> package "tomcat" do
>   action :install
> end
>
> --------------
> # In my (simplified) recipe
>
> directory "/bigdrive/tomcat/tmp" do
>   owner node['tomcat']['user']
>   group node['tomcat']['group']
>   mode 0755
>   action :create
>   subscribes :install, resources("packages[tomcat]"), :immediately
> end
>
> # Update configuration
> ruby_block "update_tomcat_defaults" do
>   block do
>     file =
> Chef::Util::FileEdit.new("/etc/default/tomcat#{node["tomcat"]["base_version"]}")
>     props = [ "export JVM_TMP=\"/bigdrive/tomcat/tmp\"" ]
>     file.insert_line_after_match(/LANG\=/, props.join("\n"))
>     file.write_file
>   end
>   subscribes :install, resources("packages[tomcat]"), :immediately
> end