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

[Warren Bain < >]

Mark,

My suggestion is that you make the ruby_block a part of the definition itself.

Wazza

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Mark Pimentel 
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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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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.

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Thanks,

Mark



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Thanks,

Mark