[chef] Re: Using UNC path was Re: Re: Re: Re: A question about chef-splunk cookbook

[Tensibai Zhaoying < >]

Usually if the share need credentials the path is to mount the share, 
remote_file with local path to the mounted share as source and then unmount.

Is this what you tried ? On Linux, unlike Windows the share access rights are 
not stored in the user session 

Le 10 juil. 2015 18:12, o haya 
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 a écrit :
>
> Hi, 
>
> Sorry it's taken so long to try this, but so far, I haven't been able to 
> make it work: 
>
> 
 
>  splunk]# chef-client -o 'recipe[chef-splunk::install_server]' 
> Starting Chef Client, version 12.4.0 
> [2015-07-10T12:05:52-04:00] WARN: Run List override has been provided. 
> [2015-07-10T12:05:52-04:00] WARN: Original Run List: [] 
> [2015-07-10T12:05:52-04:00] WARN: Overridden Run List: 
> [recipe[chef-splunk::install_server]] 
> resolving cookbooks for run list: ["chef-splunk::install_server"] 
> Synchronizing Cookbooks: 
>   - chef-vault 
>   - chef-splunk 
> Compiling Cookbooks... 
> Converging 2 resources 
> Recipe: chef-splunk::install_server 
>   * remote_file[/var/chef/cache/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm] 
> action create_if_missing[2015-07-10T12:05:52-04:00] WARN: 
> remote_file[/var/chef/cache/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm] 
> cannot be downloaded from 
> file://192.168.0.236/h/INSTALL-FILES-CENTOS6-and-CHEF/SPLUNK/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm:
>  No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - 
> /h/INSTALL-FILES-CENTOS6-and-CHEF/SPLUNK/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm
>  
>
>
>     
> ================================================================================
>  
>     Error executing action `create_if_missing` on resource 
> 'remote_file[/var/chef/cache/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm]' 
>     
> ================================================================================
>  
>
>     Errno::ENOENT 
>     ------------- 
>     No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - 
> /h/INSTALL-FILES-CENTOS6-and-CHEF/SPLUNK/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm
>  
>
>     Resource Declaration: 
>     --------------------- 
>     # In 
> /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/chef-splunk/definitions/splunk_installer.rb 
>
>      26:   remote_file cached_package do 
>      27:     source params[:url] 
>      28:     action :create_if_missing 
>      29:   end 
>      30: 
>
>     Compiled Resource: 
>     ------------------ 
>     # Declared in 
> /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/chef-splunk/definitions/splunk_installer.rb:26:in 
> `block in from_file' 
>
>     remote_file("/var/chef/cache/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm") 
> do 
>       params 
> {:url=>"file://192.168.0.236/h/INSTALL-FILES-CENTOS6-and-CHEF/SPLUNK/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm",
>  :name=>"splunk"} 
>       provider Chef::Provider::RemoteFile 
>       action :create_if_missing 
>       retries 0 
>       retry_delay 2 
>       default_guard_interpreter :default 
>       path "/var/chef/cache/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm" 
>       backup 5 
>       atomic_update true 
>       source 
> ["file://192.168.0.236/h/INSTALL-FILES-CENTOS6-and-CHEF/SPLUNK/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm"]
>  
>       use_etag true 
>       use_last_modified true 
>       declared_type :remote_file 
>       cookbook_name "chef-splunk" 
>       recipe_name "install_server" 
>     end 
>
>
> Running handlers: 
> [2015-07-10T12:05:52-04:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers 
> Running handlers complete 
> [2015-07-10T12:05:52-04:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete 
> Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 1.425198167 seconds 
> [2015-07-10T12:05:52-04:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to 
> /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out 
> [2015-07-10T12:05:52-04:00] ERROR: 
> remote_file[/var/chef/cache/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm] 
> (chef-splunk::install_server line 26) had an error: Errno::ENOENT: No such 
> file or directory @ rb_sysopen - 
> /h/INSTALL-FILES-CENTOS6-and-CHEF/SPLUNK/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm
>  
> [2015-07-10T12:05:52-04:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: 
> Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1) 
> 
 
>  splunk]# 
>
>
> I've tried it using both directly like above using 
> "file://192.168.0.236/h/INSTALL-FILES-CENTOS6-and-CHEF/SPLUNK/splunk-6.0.7-241889-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm"
>  in the chef-splunk attributes, and also tried creating a mount at 
> /mnt/shareit (and confirming I can see the RPMs at the mount) and get the 
> same error. 
>
> Is there something else I need to do with the file:// URL? 
>
> Thanks, 
> Jim 
>
>
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> On Tue, 7/7/15, Steven Murawski 
> <
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>  wrote: 
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> Subject: [chef] Re: Re: Re: A question about chef-splunk cookbook 
> To: 
> 
 
>  
> Cc: "o haya" 
> <
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>  
> Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 6:14 PM 
>
>
>                                          Also, as of 12.4.0, 
> remote_file can use UNC paths! 
> Steve 
> Steven MurawskiCommunity Software Development Engineer @ 
> ChefMicrosoft MVP - PowerShell 
> http://stevenmurawski.com ;
>                                         On 7/7/2015 5:07:44 
> PM, o haya 
> <
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>  wrote:Hi Tensibai, 
>
>
>
> Thanks.  I will give that a try as soon as 
> I figure out another problem I just started having (with 
> Chef and CENTOS). 
>
>
>
> Jim 
>
>
>
>
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> On Tue, 7/7/15, Tensibai Zhaoying  wrote: 
>
>
>
>   Subject: [chef] Re: A question about 
> chef-splunk cookbook 
>
>   To: 
> 
 
>  
>
>   Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 5:52 PM 
>
>   
>
>   I don't know for the 
>
>   slunk cookbook itself (didn't use it) 
> but assuming it 
>
>   takes advantage of remote_file resource 
> I'm sure yes as 
>
>   my sole contribution to chef was on the 
> file:// url code and 
>
>   I did test for this kind of path for Unix 
> and Windows ;) 
>
>   
>
>   T.l.;d.r Should be yes but may 
>
>   work with a UNC path 
> file://server/share/file.rpm too if the 
>
>   share is browsable as anonymous (everyone 
> read permission in 
>
>   share and NTFS acl) 
>
>   
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>   Le 7 
>
>   juil. 2015 22:49, o haya  a 
>
>   écrit : 
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>   > 
>
>   > Hi, 
>
>   > 
>
>   > I'm starting to 
>
>   look at using the chef-splunk cookbook: 
>
>   > 
>
>   > 
> https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/chef-splunk ;
>
>   
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>   > 
>
>   > I'm not 
>
>   sure if there is somewhere else more 
> appropriate for 
>
>   questions, so I'm posting here.  
> Hopefully that's 
>
>   ok (otherwise please point me to the 
> correct place?)? 
>
>   > 
>
>   > 
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>   > 
>
>   Anyway, the question I have is whether 
> this can support 
>
>   using file:// type URLs for the location 
> of the Splunk 
>
>   server and Splunk forwarder RPMs? 
>
>   > 
>
>   > 
>
>   > If possible, we would 
>
>   like to setup a CIFs mount, say at 
> /mnt/splunk_rpms, 
>
>   pointing to a Windows share, and then use 
> something like 
>
>
> "file:///mnt/splunk_rpms/the_splunkserver.rpm" in 
>
>   the attribute.  
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>   > 
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>   > 
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>   Will something like that work? 
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>   > 
>
>   > Thanks, 
>
>   > Jim 
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