[chef] RE: Re: RE: Re: Idempotent IIS

[Kapil Shardha < >]

Chef resources do not return a value (as far as I know). You will have to use “powershell_out” to check for certain condition and based on what it returns you can trigger the iis_config resource.

 

-Kapil

 

 

From: Kenneth Barry [mailto:
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 2:58 PM
To:
Subject: [chef] Re: RE: Re: Idempotent IIS

 

Can I use powershell to check the settings, but if the powershell indicates they are different than what they should be, have the iis cookbook sections run again?

Something like

powershell_script "checking setting #1"

(check if settings are the same)

iis_config

only do this is "checking setting #1" returned false.

This is more of a capability/syntax question.

 

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Kapil Shardha < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

I ran into same issue when I started using IIS cookbook. I had to write my own cookbook with powershell script in it to do the job.I used guards to ensure idempotency.

 

Kapil

-------- Original message --------
From: Stephen Nelson-Smith
Date:02/21/2014 2:37 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: " target="_blank">
Subject: [chef] Re: Idempotent IIS

Hi,

 

On 21 February 2014 19:31, Kenneth Barry < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

 

Question:

How are (those of you who are working in Windows/IIS), ensuring Idempotent Recipes for configuring IIS?

 

On occasions where the community cookbook doesn't provide idempotent resources, I call out to powershell, and add a guard where needed.

S.

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