[chef] Re: Re: Verifying remote_file checksum

[Andrew Gross < >]

I had this issue in the past and wrote up a workaround:

http://loadedinthecloud.blogspot.com/2013/04/pragmatic-chef-verifying-remote-files.html

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Julian C. Dunn < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Yes, I think this is currently a shortcoming in Chef.

https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4502
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4647

- Julian

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen < "> > wrote:
> Ohai,
>
> I've recently seen some corrupted remote_file downloads and was wondering
> how people are handling this?
>
> Afaik, the checksum property is only used to determine if a download should
> occur, not verify when the download is complete?
>
> Would be nice with a simple way to tell remote_file to verify the data.
>
> /Jeppe
>
>

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