[chef] Re: windows_service resource multiple actions?

["Julian C. Dunn" < >]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:32 PM, David Sopscak 
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 wrote:
> I need to insure two things with respect to the Windows Time Service: it
> should be configured to run automatically and it must be started. If no
> action is taken in a recipe, the node comes up with the service set to
> manual and stopped. So I think the recipe must take two actions, but I can't
> seem to reliably get the desired behavior.
>
> Initially, I thought each resource could only take one action, so I used:
>
> windows_service 'Configure Windows Time' do
>   service_name 'W32Time'
>   action :configure_startup
>   startup_type :automatic
> end
>
> windows_service 'Start Windows Time' do
>   service_name 'W32Time'
>   action :start
> end
>
> That seemed to update the startup type to automatic, but did not start it.
> After further research, I got the impression that a single resource could
> have multiple actions, so I tried:
>
> windows_service 'Configure Windows Time' do
>   service_name 'W32Time'
>   action :configure_startup
>   startup_type :automatic
>   action :start
> end
>
> That got it started, but left the startup type as manual.
>
> How do I effectively take two actions on this service resource?

You want:

windows_service 'Configure Windows Time' do
   service_name 'W32Time'
   action [:configure_startup, :start]
   startup_type :automatic
   action :start
end


- Julian


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