Adding Yum Repos in a chef run

Hi,

just run in a problem with adding a repo to yum and install a package in the same chef run

simplified version:

if node[:platform] =~ /centos|redhat/i
#not in default repos
remote_file “/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo” do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
action :create_if_missing
end

package “runit” do
action :install
end

this fails in the first run

[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]: Creating /etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] ERROR: package[runit] (/var/chef-solo/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb:64:in from_file') had an error: No version specified, and no candidate version available for runit /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:inaction_install’

but succeeds in the following runs

cu edi


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Repositories are best installed early, so force the remote_file resource
to run at compile time, E.G.:

r = remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
end

r.run_action(:create_if_missing)

Regards,
Avishai

On 01/21/2011 01:54 PM, Haselwanter Edmund wrote:

Hi,

just run in a problem with adding a repo to yum and install a package in the same chef run

simplified version:

if node[:platform] =~ /centos|redhat/i
#not in default repos
remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
action :create_if_missing
end

package "runit" do
action :install
end

this fails in the first run

[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]: Creating /etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] ERROR: package[runit] (/var/chef-solo/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb:64:in from_file') had an error: No version specified, and no candidate version available for runit /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in action_install'

but succeeds in the following runs

cu edi

--
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On 21.01.2011, at 13:21, Avishai Ish-Shalom wrote:

Repositories are best installed early, so force the remote_file resource

Ah. Forgot about that pattern (like with installing and using gems)

to run at compile time, E.G.:

r = remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
end

r.run_action(:create_if_missing)

many thanks, will try that

Regards,
Avishai

On 01/21/2011 01:54 PM, Haselwanter Edmund wrote:

Hi,

just run in a problem with adding a repo to yum and install a package in the same chef run

simplified version:

if node[:platform] =~ /centos|redhat/i
#not in default repos
remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
action :create_if_missing
end

package "runit" do
action :install
end

this fails in the first run

[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]: Creating /etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] ERROR: package[runit] (/var/chef-solo/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb:64:in from_file') had an error: No version specified, and no candidate version available for runit /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in action_install'

but succeeds in the following runs

cu edi

--
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you have to execute a "yum clean all" or "yum clean headers" after
adding a repo, otherwise it will use cached data.

-s

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Haselwanter Edmund
edmund@haselwanter.com wrote:

On 21.01.2011, at 13:21, Avishai Ish-Shalom wrote:

Repositories are best installed early, so force the remote_file resource

Ah. Forgot about that pattern (like with installing and using gems)

to run at compile time, E.G.:

r = remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
end

r.run_action(:create_if_missing)

many thanks, will try that

Regards,
Avishai

On 01/21/2011 01:54 PM, Haselwanter Edmund wrote:

Hi,

just run in a problem with adding a repo to yum and install a package in the same chef run

simplified version:

if node[:platform] =~ /centos|redhat/i
#not in default repos
remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
action :create_if_missing
end

package "runit" do
action :install
end

this fails in the first run

[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]: Creating /etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] ERROR: package[runit] (/var/chef-solo/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb:64:in from_file') had an error: No version specified, and no candidate version available for runit /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in action_install'

but succeeds in the following runs

cu edi

--
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It's probably worthwhile to put together a yum cookbook, similar to
the apt one that provides an LWRP for adding external repositories.
It's on my list of things to get to eventually, but if it's a more
pressing concern please jump on that.

Thanks,
Matt Ray
Technical Evangelist | Opscode, Inc
E: matt@opscode.com T: (512) 731-2218
Twitter, Github: mattray

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Sean OMeara someara@gmail.com wrote:

you have to execute a "yum clean all" or "yum clean headers" after
adding a repo, otherwise it will use cached data.

-s

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Haselwanter Edmund
edmund@haselwanter.com wrote:

On 21.01.2011, at 13:21, Avishai Ish-Shalom wrote:

Repositories are best installed early, so force the remote_file resource

Ah. Forgot about that pattern (like with installing and using gems)

to run at compile time, E.G.:

r = remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
end

r.run_action(:create_if_missing)

many thanks, will try that

Regards,
Avishai

On 01/21/2011 01:54 PM, Haselwanter Edmund wrote:

Hi,

just run in a problem with adding a repo to yum and install a package in the same chef run

simplified version:

if node[:platform] =~ /centos|redhat/i
#not in default repos
remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
action :create_if_missing
end

package "runit" do
action :install
end

this fails in the first run

[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]: Creating /etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] ERROR: package[runit] (/var/chef-solo/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb:64:in from_file') had an error: No version specified, and no candidate version available for runit /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in action_install'

but succeeds in the following runs

cu edi

--
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http://www.iteh.at | Facebook | http://at.linkedin.com/in/haselwanteredmund

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Hey Matt,

I've got the starting of this, along with the pieces to configure a
yum repo server. I'll try and put it together and submit it back
upstream.

cheers,

James.

On 21 January 2011 18:10, Matt Ray matt@opscode.com wrote:

It's probably worthwhile to put together a yum cookbook, similar to
the apt one that provides an LWRP for adding external repositories.
It's on my list of things to get to eventually, but if it's a more
pressing concern please jump on that.

Thanks,
Matt Ray
Technical Evangelist | Opscode, Inc
E: matt@opscode.com T: (512) 731-2218
Twitter, Github: mattray

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Sean OMeara someara@gmail.com wrote:

you have to execute a "yum clean all" or "yum clean headers" after
adding a repo, otherwise it will use cached data.

-s

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Haselwanter Edmund
edmund@haselwanter.com wrote:

On 21.01.2011, at 13:21, Avishai Ish-Shalom wrote:

Repositories are best installed early, so force the remote_file resource

Ah. Forgot about that pattern (like with installing and using gems)

to run at compile time, E.G.:

r = remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
end

r.run_action(:create_if_missing)

many thanks, will try that

Regards,
Avishai

On 01/21/2011 01:54 PM, Haselwanter Edmund wrote:

Hi,

just run in a problem with adding a repo to yum and install a package in the same chef run

simplified version:

if node[:platform] =~ /centos|redhat/i
#not in default repos
remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo"
mode "0644"
action :create_if_missing
end

package "runit" do
action :install
end

this fails in the first run

[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]: Creating /etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] ERROR: package[runit] (/var/chef-solo/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb:64:in from_file') had an error: No version specified, and no candidate version available for runit /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in action_install'

but succeeds in the following runs

cu edi

--
DI Edmund Haselwanter, edmund@haselwanter.com, http://edmund.haselwanter.com/
http://www.iteh.at | Facebook | http://at.linkedin.com/in/haselwanteredmund

--
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