[chef] Local install using chef_gem

[JOHN HASTY < >]

I am building servers that are behind firewalls where we don't want to fetch things from the Internet. I would like to be able to obtain the gems necessary for the process and copy them from our internal repository and then install locally.

I tried the following:

  #chef_gem "zk" do
    #action :install
  #end
 
  if ! File.exist?("/opt/chef/maint/gemsetup")
 
    directory "/tmp/gems" do
      owner "root"
      action :create
    end
   
    %w(little-plugger-1.1.3.gem logger-1.2.8.gem mini_portile-0.5.2.gem logging-1.7.2.gem zookeeper-1.4.8.gem zk-1.9.3.gem).each do |gemfile|
   
      bash "Fetch #{gemfile} and install" do
        user "root"
        cwd  "/tmp/gems"
        code <<-EOH
        wget http://gitserver:4002/gems/#{gemfile}
        /opt/chef/embedded/bin/gem install -V #{gemfile}
        EOH
      end

But when I got to the line of code "require 'zk', it blew up.



JOHN HASTY
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