[chef] Re: Re: RE: define same service multiple times

[Koert Kuipers < >]

thanks!

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Daniel DeLeo < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Kevin Keane Subscription wrote:

> RE: [chef] define same service multiple times
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> I'm not sure exactly what happens, but you can sidestep the issue simply by using two different resource names, and specifying the actual service name with the service_name attribute.
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> > From: Koert Kuipers < "> (mailto: "> )>
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> > Subject: [chef] define same service multiple times
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> > what happens if i define the same service multiple times across recipes?
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> > for example:
> > i define it once just so i can have it restart if a template changes (but in that recipe i do not enable or start it)
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> > i define it again in another recipe to enable and start it.
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> > do these multiple definitions get merged somehow? what if they conflict?
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> > thanks! koert

You get a behavior called resource cloning, which triggers a warning (and we’d like to remove sometime, though this is kinda tricky to do). You can read more about that here: https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-3694

In any case, you’re best off following Kevin’s advice.

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Daniel DeLeo