If nil how to set attributes

[David_Montgomery]

Hi,

Why oh why is this happening?

If nil I need to set an attribute.

node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’]

Why do I get the below error? How do I resolve?

Thanks

[192.241.213.141] out:

[192.241.213.141] out: Recipe Compile Error in
/var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb
[192.241.213.141] out:

[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: NoMethodError
[192.241.213.141] out: -------------
[192.241.213.141] out: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass [192.241.213.141] out: [192.241.213.141] out: Cookbook Trace: [192.241.213.141] out: --------------- [192.241.213.141] out: /var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb:88:infrom_file’
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: Relevant File Content:
[192.241.213.141] out: ----------------------
[192.241.213.141] out:
/var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb:
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: 81: PYCODE
[192.241.213.141] out: 82: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 83: if
File.exists?("#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/zookeeper_hosts")
[192.241.213.141] out: 84: zookeeper_hosts =
File.read("#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/zookeeper_hosts")
[192.241.213.141] out: 85: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 86:
[192.241.213.141] out: 87:
[192.241.213.141] out: 88>> if node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’].nil?
[192.241.213.141] out: 89: node.set[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’] =
Time.now.getutc.to_i
[192.241.213.141] out: 90: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 91: broker_id = node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’]
[192.241.213.141] out: 92: template
"/var/kafka/config/server.properties" do
[192.241.213.141] out: 93: path “/var/config/server.properties”
[192.241.213.141] out: 94: source “server.properties.local.erb”
[192.241.213.141] out: 95: owner “root”
[192.241.213.141] out: 96: group “root”
[192.241.213.141] out: 97: mode “0644”
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out:

[AJ_Christensen2]

check for node['kafka'] before trying to access the sub-key
node['kafka']['broker_id']. it looks like node['kafka']==nil.

if node.key? 'kafka' && node['kafka].key? 'broker_id' is my favorite.

cheers,

--aj

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:09 PM, David Montgomery
davidmontgomery@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

Why oh why is this happening?

If nil I need to set an attribute.

node['kafka']['broker_id']

Why do I get the below error? How do I resolve?

Thanks

[192.241.213.141] out:

[192.241.213.141] out: Recipe Compile Error in
/var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb
[192.241.213.141] out:

[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: NoMethodError
[192.241.213.141] out: -------------
[192.241.213.141] out: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass [192.241.213.141] out: [192.241.213.141] out: Cookbook Trace: [192.241.213.141] out: --------------- [192.241.213.141] out: /var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb:88:in from_file'
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: Relevant File Content:
[192.241.213.141] out: ----------------------
[192.241.213.141] out:
/var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb:
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: 81: PYCODE
[192.241.213.141] out: 82: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 83: if
File.exists?("#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/zookeeper_hosts")
[192.241.213.141] out: 84: zookeeper_hosts =
File.read("#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/zookeeper_hosts")
[192.241.213.141] out: 85: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 86:
[192.241.213.141] out: 87:
[192.241.213.141] out: 88>> if node['kafka']['broker_id'].nil?
[192.241.213.141] out: 89: node.set['kafka']['broker_id'] =
Time.now.getutc.to_i
[192.241.213.141] out: 90: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 91: broker_id = node['kafka']['broker_id']
[192.241.213.141] out: 92: template
"/var/kafka/config/server.properties" do
[192.241.213.141] out: 93: path "/var/config/server.properties"
[192.241.213.141] out: 94: source "server.properties.local.erb"
[192.241.213.141] out: 95: owner "root"
[192.241.213.141] out: 96: group "root"
[192.241.213.141] out: 97: mode "0644"
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out:

[ameir]

If you don’t actually need to save node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’] back to the Chef server, you could probably also get away with:

broker_id = node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’] || Time.now.getutc.to_i

-Ameir
From: davidmontgomery@gmail.comdavidmontgomery@gmail.com
To: chef@lists.opscode.com
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014
Subject: [chef] If nil how to set attributes

Hi,

Why oh why is this happening?

If nil I need to set an attribute.

node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’]

Why do I get the below error? How do I resolve?

Thanks

[192.241.213.141] out: ================================================================================
[192.241.213.141] out: Recipe Compile Error in /var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb
[192.241.213.141] out: ================================================================================
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: NoMethodError
[192.241.213.141] out: -------------
[192.241.213.141] out: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass [192.241.213.141] out: [192.241.213.141] out: Cookbook Trace: [192.241.213.141] out: --------------- [192.241.213.141] out: /var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb:88:infrom_file’
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: Relevant File Content:
[192.241.213.141] out: ----------------------
[192.241.213.141] out: /var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb:
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: 81: PYCODE
[192.241.213.141] out: 82: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 83: if File.exists?("#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/zookeeper_hosts")
[192.241.213.141] out: 84: zookeeper_hosts = File.read("#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/zookeeper_hosts")
[192.241.213.141] out: 85: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 86:
[192.241.213.141] out: 87:
[192.241.213.141] out: 88>> if node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’].nil?
[192.241.213.141] out: 89: node.set[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’] = Time.now.getutc.to_i
[192.241.213.141] out: 90: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 91: broker_id = node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’]
[192.241.213.141] out: 92: template “/var/kafka/config/server.properties” do
[192.241.213.141] out: 93: path “/var/config/server.properties”
[192.241.213.141] out: 94: source “server.properties.local.erb”
[192.241.213.141] out: 95: owner “root”
[192.241.213.141] out: 96: group “root”
[192.241.213.141] out: 97: mode “0644”
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out:

[Avargil_Raanan]

Hi,
Are you sure node[‘kafka’] is well defined?
Maybe the error “undefined method `[]’ for nil:NilClass” relates to it.

Raanan

From: David Montgomery [mailto:davidmontgomery@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 06:09
To: chef@lists.opscode.com
Subject: [chef] If nil how to set attributes

Hi,
Why oh why is this happening?

If nil I need to set an attribute.

node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’]
Why do I get the below error? How do I resolve?

Thanks

[192.241.213.141] out: ================================================================================
[192.241.213.141] out: Recipe Compile Error in /var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb
[192.241.213.141] out: ================================================================================
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: NoMethodError
[192.241.213.141] out: -------------
[192.241.213.141] out: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass [192.241.213.141] out: [192.241.213.141] out: Cookbook Trace: [192.241.213.141] out: --------------- [192.241.213.141] out: /var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb:88:infrom_file’
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: Relevant File Content:
[192.241.213.141] out: ----------------------
[192.241.213.141] out: /var/feed-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/kafka/recipes/default.rb:
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out: 81: PYCODE
[192.241.213.141] out: 82: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 83: if File.exists?("#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/zookeeper_hosts")
[192.241.213.141] out: 84: zookeeper_hosts = File.read("#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/zookeeper_hosts")
[192.241.213.141] out: 85: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 86:
[192.241.213.141] out: 87:
[192.241.213.141] out: 88>> if node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’].nil?
[192.241.213.141] out: 89: node.set[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’] = Time.now.getutc.to_i
[192.241.213.141] out: 90: end
[192.241.213.141] out: 91: broker_id = node[‘kafka’][‘broker_id’]
[192.241.213.141] out: 92: template “/var/kafka/config/server.properties” do
[192.241.213.141] out: 93: path “/var/config/server.properties”
[192.241.213.141] out: 94: source “server.properties.local.erb”
[192.241.213.141] out: 95: owner “root”
[192.241.213.141] out: 96: group “root”
[192.241.213.141] out: 97: mode “0644”
[192.241.213.141] out:
[192.241.213.141] out:

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