[chef] Re: Customizing the templates of a community cookbook?

[Steffen Gebert < >]

You have to override template[#{conf_dir}/#{params[:name]}.cfg]

On 5/27/13 4:25 PM, Morgan Blackthorne wrote:
> So after some more research, it looks like my particular case is a little
> more complicated than I thought. While the nagios::server recipe ends up
> using templates in the end, these are done via the nagios_conf definition:
> 
> define :nagios_conf, :variables => {}, :config_subdir => true do
> 
>   conf_dir = params[:config_subdir] ? node['nagios']['config_dir'] :
> node['nagios']['conf_dir']
> 
>   template "#{conf_dir}/#{params[:name]}.cfg" do
>     owner node['nagios']['user']
>     group node['nagios']['group']
>     source "#{params[:name]}.cfg.erb"
>     mode 00644
>     variables params[:variables]
>     notifies :reload, "service[nagios]"
>     backup 0
>   end
> end
> 
> 
> I'm not sure how to override a definition.
> 
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> 
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Zac Stevens 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Steffen,
>>
>> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Steffen Gebert 
>> <
 >
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> I used to use chef-rewind until I got the tip form Joshua to just access
>>> the resource collection via resources().
>>>
>>> So, I'd be interested in what's the benefit of the chef-rewind gem?
>>>
>>
>> Functionally, there's no benefit/difference - it's just a little
>> "syntactic sugar".  Some people may prefer chef-rewind's syntax, even when
>> they know how to do it directly.  Similarly, ruby-averse Chef users may
>> find it a little easier to use; a shallower learning curve makes a big
>> difference in some teams.
>>
>>
>> Zac
>>
>>
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