[chef] Re: Retrieve values from resources

[Sean OMeara < >]

Alternatively, you could look into the resource collection and call
the method.. which is how ChefSpec works

https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/mysql/blob/master/spec/unit/mysql_server/rhel/6/default_spec.rb#L16

-s

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Sean OMeara 
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 wrote:
> er .....
>
> r = mysql_service 'default'
> r.parsed_version
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> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Sean OMeara 
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>  wrote:
>> r = mysql_resource 'default'
>> r.parsed_version
>>
>> -s
>>
>> 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