[chef] Re: Updating a template

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Kenneth Barry wrote:

> So, I went thru the rigors of trying to modify a template file this morning.
>  
> I made a change to a template file. dollowed by a "knife cookbook upload 
> [cookbooknamehere]
>  
> chef-client on the node,
>  
> the old template was taking effect
>  
> so i then deleted the cache of all cookbooks ont he node,  
>  
> same problem,  
>  
> i getn deleted the cache on the node, and the cookbook (ALL VERSIONS) from 
> the chef server, Changed the version of the cookbook, then uploaded again,
>  
> same problem
>  
> infact When I did knife cookbook download, it downloaded the cookbook with 
> the told template file.
>  
> My solution, (once I had decided that punching my screen wouldnt actually 
> hurt the chef server), was to rename my template file, and change the name 
> in my template resource, and upload.  
>  
> What I didnt do, was effectively delete what ever kinda cache there is on 
> the chef server, i don't know if its even possible.
>  
> Please tell me i'm retarded, and that i just need to add a 
> "--stop-the-pain" at the end of the cookbook upload command.......  
There’s a few places something could have gone wrong. First of all, did you 
change the cookbook’s version? If so, you should check which version was 
downloaded to the client. If chef-client is downloading a different version 
than you expected, it could be caused by dependency constraints in your 
environment or in other cookbooks, or perhaps a bug in the dependency solver.

If you did not modify the cookbook’s version, then there’s a few 
possibilities. Did you get a warning about cookbook overlays when you 
uploaded? That would indicate that you have another copy of the cookbook 
somewhere in your cookbook_path, and a combined copy of the cookbook is 
getting generated by knife when uploading. Otherwise, it could be a bug in 
knife or the server. I would need to look at the output of `knife cookbook 
upload -VV` and a subsequent `knife cookbook show COOKBOOK VERSION` to figure 
out what’s going on.


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Daniel DeLeo