[chef] Re: Retrieve values from resources

[Sean OMeara < >]

r = mysql_resource 'default'
r.parsed_version

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On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 4:58 PM, John Warren 
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 wrote:
> I’m working on a cookbook with a template that has some conditional logic
> driven by the version of mysql.  A recipe installs mysql and then renders a
> file from the template.  There used to be a “default_version_for” function
> that would provide the default version of mysql to install on a given OS,
> but this function has been removed, presumably because if the version is not
> specified, the default version for the OS is automatically installed.
> However, now that the function is gone, I’m wondering how to obtain the
> version of mysql that was installed when no version is specified.  I tried
> getting the resource via:
>
> server_resource = resources(mysql_service: node['mysql']['service_name'])
>
> and then accessing the version using:
>
> server_resource.version
>
> However, that returns nil.  How can instance-variable values be retrieved
> from resources?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John