[chef] Re: Binary data in an encrypted data bag?

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

From your bug report, it looks like it’s either a bug in ruby or the mysql2 
gem. But I also see that you’re on ruby 1.8. I’d recommend upgrading to ruby 
1.9 at least, which you’ll get as part of the chef omnibus installer if you 
go that route: http://www.getchef.com/chef/install/  ;

--  
Daniel DeLeo


On Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Mathieu Martin wrote:

> Hey folks,
>  
> I'm running into sporadic issues with a binary file that we currently have 
> generated at every chef run (.mylogin.cnf). The file appears to be salted, 
> because it changes every time it's re-generated with the same credentials.  
>  
> My problem is that sometimes the resulting file works perfectly for my use 
> (with the Mysql2 gem), and sometimes it segfaults the Ruby process. It 
> works all the time for the mysql console, though.  
>  
> I'd like to try the workaround of saving a good known version of the file 
> in an encrypted data bag. The file is binary, however.
>  
> Has anyone had success saving binary data to data bags? Should I 
> encode/decode it myself (e.g. base64), or is there some way to store binary 
> data in data bags that I don't see in the data bag documentation?  
>  
> Thanks in advance!
>  
> Mat
>  
> Note: I've asked the maintainers of mysql2 
> (https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/issues/494) about those segfaults.  
>  
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