[chef] Re: Re: Re: Nokogiri Woes

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

On Jun 10, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Jenn Fountain wrote:

> 
> On Jun 10, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Noah Kantrowitz 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jun 10, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Jenn Fountain wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Chefs,
>>> I am trying to get Chef to work with Nokogiri but not having any success. 
>>>  The docs I am finding aren't helping me.  Would someone be able to point 
>>> me to the correct docs? I am sure I am missing it. Thanks!
>> 
>> Can you be more specific about what you are trying to do? Do you just mean 
>> using the nokogiri gem in a Chef recipe?
>> 
>> --Noah
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, I have a ruby block that changes some nodes in an xml file and it 
> works fine via the command line but not in my chef recipe.
> 
> IE:  
> 
> ruby_block "edit config" do
>    block do
>        f = File.open("config.xml")
>        fw = File.open("config.xml.1", 'w')
> 
>        config = Nokogiri::XML(f)
> 
>        config.css("server").each do |node|
>         puts "\r\n[debug] Before: server= \r\n#{node}"
>         node.children.remove
>         node.content = "jennie.ldap.server.com"
>         puts "\r\n[debug] After: server=\r\n#{node}"
>         fw.print config.to_s
>        end
> end
> 
> I get the following errors:
> 
> NameError: uninitialized constant Chef::Recipe::Nokogiri
> 
> If I add requires nokogiri:
> 
> undefined method `nokogiri' for Chef::Resource::RubyBlock
> 
> Being a newbie in chef/ruby, I am sure I am issuing something but not sure 
> where to look Thanks! :D

Add this to the top of the recipe:

chef_gem 'nokogiri'
require 'nokogiri'

--Noah