[chef] Re: How to NOT run a complete recipe?

[Krzysztof Wilczynski < >]

Hi,

Doh.

I will correct myself - not interrupt the client run, but rather
return from the recipe without progressing further.

Krzysztof

On 29 September 2015 at 23:14, Krzysztof Wilczynski
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 >
 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Add `return` statement where you need to interrupt the client run, for 
> example:
>
> if need_additional_minerals?
>  warn 'Not enough minerals!'
>  return
> end
>
> Krzysztof
>
> On 29 September 2015 at 23:10, Alexander Skwar
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> Using chef-solo and Chef 11.8.2, how do I "exit out" of a recipe?
>>
>> Sorry to bother you all again, but as I'm not so successful in "filtering
>> out" recipes if a pre-condition is (not) met, I'm now looking for a way to
>> "leave" a recipe very early, when a condition is met (specifically, if a
>> user account cannot be found with "getent passwd foo" (as
>> node['etc']['passwd'] doesn't work :()).
>>
>> Basically, I'd like to have something like:
>>
>> if env['skip']
>>    leave recipe
>> end
>>
>> And "env['skip']" should check the environment variable "skip". If it's 
>> set,
>> the recipe shouldn't be run.
>>
>> How can I do that?
>>
>> Thanks a lot and best regards,
>> Alexander