[chef] Re: RE: Re: Custom LWRP Initialise Error

[Sean OMeara < >]

If you want to explicitly name the resource instead of having it
auto-inferred by the LWRP DSL, you'll have to make a library and do
this:

https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/motd-tail/blob/master/libraries/resource_motd_tail.rb#L22-L23

-s

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 8:46 AM, 

 
<
 >
 wrote:
> Hi Julian,
>   Resource file is called dlldrop.rb, provider  is the same name.
> Cookbook is called AW_DllDrop
>
> I think I was over-complicating it with the current-resource blocks, this 
> cookbook is only run in the event of a dll drop needing to be performed so 
> idempotence is not that important.
> I've trimmed it a bit and got it working, I think my mistake was using 
> Chef::Resource::dlldrop when there appears to be no need at all to do that.
>
> I'm working on a similar one to find services and stop them and running 
> into the same thing.
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian C. Dunn 
> [mailto:
 
> Sent: 24 July 2014 14:27
> To: 
> 
 
> Subject: [chef] Re: Custom LWRP Initialise Error
>
> I assume your custom resource is in a cookbook called "dll" with the 
> filename "drop.rb", right?
>
> - Julian
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 7:10 AM, 
> 
 
>  
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>> Morning Guys
>>
>>
>>
>> Got a question about LWRP’s.  I’m writing a library cookbook and
>> testing components of it as I go.
>>
>> I’ve written an LWRP to perform a dll drop on a server.
>>
>> Everything seems ok, I’ve done a lot of reading online about this and
>> managed to narrow it down to this last error.
>>
>> The error is:
>>
>> “[2014-07-24T06:59:57-04:00] FATAL: NameError:
>> AW_DLLDrop_dlldrop[7.1_HF05_Overlay_SAML_fix.zip] (AW_DLLDrop::default
>> line
>> 25) had an error: NameError: uninitialized constant 
>> Chef::Resource::DllDrop”
>>
>>
>>
>> The code from the LWRP in question is:
>>
>> “
>>
>>       def whyrun_supported?
>>
>>         true
>>
>>       end
>>
>>
>>
>>       action :drop do
>>
>>         converge_by("Drop #{ @new_resource}") do
>>
>>           perform_dll_drop
>>
>>         end
>>
>>       end
>>
>>
>>
>>       action :undo do
>>
>>         converge_by("Undo #{ @new_resource}") do
>>
>>           undo_dll_drop
>>
>>         end
>>
>>       end
>>
>>
>>
>>       def load_current_resource
>>
>>         @current_resource =
>> Chef::Resource::DllDrop.new(@new_resource.name)
>>
>>         @current_resource.name(@new_resource.name)
>>
>>       end”
>>
>>
>>
>> Can anyone shed any light on what I’m missing with this?  One of my
>> colleagues has pointed out that there may be an issue with
>> @new_resource.name retuning null?  Any way I can check this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any pointers would be great as I’m struggling a little with this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Chris
>
>
>
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