[chef] Re: Recipes execution order

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:18 AM, Carlos Camacho 
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 wrote:

> Hello!!!
> 
> I'm trying to do some research on how evaluate chef recipes when they
> are executed.
> 
> For example:
> 
> I have a lot of recipes inside my Apache2 cookbook.
> 
> default.rb
> god_monitor.rb
> iptables.rb
> logrotate.rb
> ...
> ...
> ...
> 
> Is there a way to establish a weight for the recipes order??..
> 
> A) default.rb -> god_monitor.rb -> iptables.rb -> logrotate.rb = 2.3
> B) default.rb -> iptables.rb -> god_monitor.rb -> logrotate.rb = 3.6
> C) logrotate.rb -> default.rb -> god_monitor.rb -> iptables.rb = 1
> D) default.rb -> god_monitor.rb -> iptables.rb -> logrotate.rb = 6.1
> 
> In this case is better to execute D than, B than, A than C.

Recipes execute in the order you tell them to. First the run list is 
recursively expanded so roles are replaced by their run list until you just 
have a list of recipes. Then each is executed in order. If, while executing, 
it hits an include_recipe, then it executes that recipe at that point. All 
other file types where it loads all of them are executed is ASCII sort order.

--Noah

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