[chef] Re: good example of chef definitions ? need help with issue below

[Andy Gale < >]

Good example of a definition here :) 

http://gettingstartedwithchef.com/more-than-one-website.html

LWRPs are where it's at nowadays though definitions are a bit easier to understand I think.

If people feel strongly about it though, convert that to a LWRP and I'll be happy to update the book!

On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Manoj Thakkar < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Hi,

I am looking for some good example for chef definition,  or may be someone can help me change my recipe in to a definition so that i can use it in any recipe.

* this is the use case , i have this tomcat web deployment for 10+ wars since the deployment mechanism remains the same for every war i think a definition is the right thing to do, correct me if i am wrong

here is my recipe  .Please help change it to a definition and a use case on how to sue it

cookbook_file "#{node[:tcat][:base_dir]}/webapps/#{node[:tcat][:war_name]}.war" do

  source "#{node[:tcat][:war_name]}-#{node[:file][:version]}.war"

  mode 0777

  owner "deploy"

  group "deploy"

end

remote_file "#{node[:tcat][:base_dir]}/#{node[:tcat][:env]}-config.zip" do

  source "http://sds-repo-dev.qdc.intuit.com:8082/nexus/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=IIT.BOS-snapshots&g=com.intuit.platform.services.ebs.ecommerce&a=#{node[:tcat][:env]}-config&c=bin&e=zip&v=LATEST"

  mode '777'

  owner "deploy"

 notifies :run,  "bash[unzip_file]", :immediately

end

bash "unzip_file" do

   cwd "#{node[:tcat][:base_dir]}"

   code <<-EOS

   pwd

   unzip "#{node[:tcat][:env]}-config.zip"

   EOS

  action :nothing

end

link "#{node[:tcat][:base_dir]}/cas-config" do

  to "#{node[:tcat][:env]}-config"

end

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