[chef] Re: chef_handler LWRP resources are always listed as updated

[Peter Donald < >]

Hi,

In many of our handlers we define a blacklist of
recipe/resource/action combos that are ignored. So we essentially
manage to remove all actions that don't represent change. For an
example see [1] where the filtering is done in the handler. It is a
bit painful to configure and manage (we essentially have one big
global blob of ignores) but it has proved to make it possible to
identify which resources are actually changing. We actually use it to
feed data into our ITIL tool to (semi) accurately track changes.


[1] 
https://github.com/realityforge/chef-gelf_handler/blob/master/files/default/chef_gelf_handler.rb#L72

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Morgan Blackthorne
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 >
 wrote:
> This seems to be a result of this ticket:
> http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/COOK-620
>
> My gut feeling is that there should be a good way to check and see whether
> or not it needs to be reloaded, if it already has been loaded, rather than
> just reloading and reenabling it on every run. I'm not sure exactly what the
> best way to do that would be.
>
> For a single file, including a version or a checksum in the filename for the
> handler that gets written to /var/cache/handlers/ would be pretty
> straightforward; if the version or checksum is different it will need to
> load the new handler (although this would mean that we would have to be very
> careful about the logic to determine what old handler to unload, if
> previously active). However, I'm not sure if people are tying handlers into
> gems, and if they are it's entirely possible that the changes might not be
> in the file that is being pushed out, and thus undetected when the reload is
> necessary.
>
> I'm not sure if my quest for "0 resources updated" as the result of
> back-to-back runs is worthwhile or not, but it's one of the things I've been
> working on of late. :)
>
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Cheers,

Peter Donald