[chef] Re: Re: Re: Definition in a RubyBlock

[AJ Christensen < >]

RiotGames build a cookbook for deploying artifacts from Nexus. There
are many amazing examples diagrams and documentation.

Take a look. [0] [1]

It is not possible (thankfully!) to call definitions from inside of a
Ruby Block without extension. I'd advise re-factoring your entire
solution to be LWRPs + wrapper cookbooks -- or go ahead and use Riot's
cookbook.

You mention specifically a few cases where an LWRP makes perfect sense
-- the YAML Control. File parsing, mapping each of them and calling
the definition, API calls -- all could be easily achieved with LWRP
actions with correct ordering (convergence time)

Cheers,

AJ

[0] http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/artifact
[1] https://github.com/RiotGames/artifact-cookbook

On 10 May 2013 09:52, Mark Pimentel 
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 wrote:
> I actually like to get ideas from people as they may provide insight to
> tackling a problem in such a way I may not have considered.  So your
> response is appreciated.
>
> I have a recipe that deploys these artifacts from a nexus repo. They are
> simple archives and are controlled by a yaml file that I ship with the
> cookbook.  I have a definition that I call for each one of these artifacts
> that are to be deployed.
>
> Currently, I parse that yaml control file then make iterative calls to the
> nexus repo for the artifact information.  Then I make a descision as to
> whether I need to deploy the artifact, or update it if it is newer than the
> one I have.  This is controlled by dumping the nexus api call to a templated
> response file.  If the templated response file changes, that triggers other
> resources in the definition to act, which is to deploy the artifact.  That
> is the definition.
>
> Now, the reason I want to have this definition embedded into a ruby block is
> to control the execution of those api calls.  Currently they fire because I
> parse the yaml control file and iterate over each entry calling the
> definition.  This occurs in pure ruby, which I know is called inline with
> the compile phase.  I wanted to push this into the ruby block to have it
> called in the convergence phase instead.
>
> Hope that sheds light on my problem.  And once again thank you for your
> response and interest.
>
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Sascha Bates 
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>  wrote:
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>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> Let me just say that, when I ask for help and get back someone telling me
>> to do what I want a different way, it really annoys me. So feel free to 
>> tell
>> me to shove off, BUT, with that said....
>>
>> Can you share what you're trying to accomplish and maybe we can help you
>> get there without trying to embed one resource block within another, which
>> is really what you're talking about doing?
>>
>> Sascha
>>
>>
>> Mark Pimentel wrote:
>>
>>
>> I need some guidance on how to call a definition from a ruby block.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
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> --
> Thanks,
>
> Mark