NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation problem

Hello!

Im runing this simple recipe block to create a web app in IIS

powershell_script “create_site_my_site” do
code "New-webapppool -name ‘My_Web_App’; New-Website -Name
’My_Web_App’ -applicationpool ‘My_Web_App’ -Port ‘80’ -IPAddress *
-PhysicalPath ‘c:\webs\My_Web_App’ "
action :run
not_if "get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq ‘My_Web_App’ }"
end

The problem here its that the NOT_IF part its allways True

PS C:\Users\carlos>
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $.name -eq ‘asdfasdfasdf’ }
PS C:\Users\carlos> echo lastexitcode 1 PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object {
.name -eq ‘My_Web_App’ }

Name ID State Physical Path Bindings


            --------

My_Web_App 6 Stopped c:\webs\My_Web_App http *:80:

            https *:443:

PS C:\Users\carlos.camacho> echo $lastexitcode
1

Now, my question is about how to return True or False in the NOT_IF
depending on my code return value ??

Thanks.

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Carlos Camacho
carlos.camacho@frontiersin.org wrote:

Hello!

Im runing this simple recipe block to create a web app in IIS

powershell_script "create_site_my_site" do
code "New-webapppool -name 'My_Web_App'; New-Website -Name
'My_Web_App' -applicationpool 'My_Web_App' -Port '80' -IPAddress *
-PhysicalPath 'c:\webs\My_Web_App' "
action :run
not_if "get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }"
end

The problem here its that the NOT_IF part its allways True

PS C:\Users\carlos>
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $.name -eq 'asdfasdfasdf' }
PS C:\Users\carlos> echo $lastexitcode
1
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $
.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }

Name ID State Physical Path Bindings


            --------

My_Web_App 6 Stopped c:\webs\My_Web_App http *:80:

            https *:443:

PS C:\Users\carlos.camacho> echo $lastexitcode
1

Now, my question is about how to return True or False in the NOT_IF
depending on my code return value ??

Use the convert_boolean_return attribute in the powershell_script
resource to do the right thing. See the documentation for information
about what that does & why.

I imagine that this will become the default when :guard_interpreter
becomes :powershell by default for powershell_script.

  • Julian

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Hi Carlos,

You also posted this question on StackOverflow: ruby - Chef NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation issue in Windows recipes - Stack Overflow.

I understand that you are trying to get the fastest answer possible, but posting the same question in multiple channels, you may discourage the chances of getting an answer. It gives a wry impression. Here's what I would recommend:

  • If you have a question and you need an answer NOW, IRC is the best bet. You will get real-time communication with members of Chef and the Chef community.
  • If you have a question that is about process, best practice, or opinion, this mailing list is probably your best bet. If you need to show code on the mailing list, using a service like PasteBin or GitHub Gist can make the email more readable.
  • If you have a specific code example (i.e. why is this failing), StackOverflow/ServerFault are usually the best.

I realize there are definitely areas for overlap, so please use your best judgement.

Thanks,
Seth

On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Julian C. Dunn jdunn@aquezada.com wrote:

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Carlos Camacho
<carlos.camacho@frontiersin.org mailto:carlos.camacho@frontiersin.org> wrote:

Hello!

Im runing this simple recipe block to create a web app in IIS

powershell_script "create_site_my_site" do
code "New-webapppool -name 'My_Web_App'; New-Website -Name
'My_Web_App' -applicationpool 'My_Web_App' -Port '80' -IPAddress *
-PhysicalPath 'c:\webs\My_Web_App' "
action :run
not_if "get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }"
end

The problem here its that the NOT_IF part its allways True

PS C:\Users\carlos>
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $.name -eq 'asdfasdfasdf' }
PS C:\Users\carlos> echo $lastexitcode
1
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $
.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }

Name ID State Physical Path Bindings


           --------

My_Web_App 6 Stopped c:\webs\My_Web_App http *:80:

           https *:443:

PS C:\Users\carlos.camacho> echo $lastexitcode
1

Now, my question is about how to return True or False in the NOT_IF
depending on my code return value ??

Use the convert_boolean_return attribute in the powershell_script
resource to do the right thing. See the documentation for information
about what that does & why.

powershell_script Resource http://docs.getchef.com/resource_powershell_script.html

I imagine that this will become the default when :guard_interpreter
becomes :powershell by default for powershell_script.

  • Julian

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Carlos, lastexitcode does not give you the exit status of the last powershell cmdlet, it gives you the last exit status of a Windows process that you executed. Since get-website is a cmdlet, lastexitcode tells you nothing about its success or failure. For cmdlet status, use ?, which is
$true if the last cmdlet succeeded, $false otherwise.

Powershell_script actually has a feature to make your scenario easy – just
provide a boolean expression to your guard, something like (get-website |
where-object { $_.name -eq ‘My_Web_App’ }).length > 0, which will return
$true if there’s a web site satisfying the query (assuming get-website
returns a collection with a length property) and $false otherwise.

You can read more about this capability in this documentation from
http://docs.getchef.com/resource_powershell_script.html – see the excerpt
below:

convert_boolean_return

Use to return 0 if the last line of a command is evaluated to be true or to
return 1 if the last line is evaluated to be false. Default value: false.

When the guard_intrepreter common attribute is set to :powershell_script, a
string command will be evaluated as if this value were set to true. This is
because the behavior of this attribute is similar to the value of the "$?"
expression common in UNIX interpreters. For example, this:

powershell_script ‘make_safe_backup’ do

guard_interpreter :powershell_script

code ‘cp ~/data/nodes.json ~/data/nodes.bak’

not_if ‘test-path ~/data/nodes.bak’

end

is similar to:

bash ‘make_safe_backup’ do

code ‘cp ~/data/nodes.json ~/data/nodes.bak’

not_if ‘test -e ~/data/nodes.bak’

end

From: Seth Vargo [mailto:sethvargo@getchef.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 7:55 AM
To: chef@lists.opscode.com
Subject: [chef] Re: Re: NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation problem.

Hi Carlos,

You also posted this question on StackOverflow:


.

I understand that you are trying to get the fastest answer possible, but
posting the same question in multiple channels, you may discourage the
chances of getting an answer. It gives a wry impression. Here’s what I
would recommend:

  • If you have a question and you need an answer NOW, IRC is the best bet.
    You will get real-time communication with members of Chef and the Chef
    community.

  • If you have a question that is about process, best practice, or opinion,
    this mailing list is probably your best bet. If you need to show code on
    the mailing list, using a service like PasteBin or GitHub Gist can make the
    email more readable.

  • If you have a specific code example (i.e. why is this failing),
    StackOverflow/ServerFault are usually the best.

I realize there are definitely areas for overlap, so please use your best
judgement.

Thanks,

Seth

On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Julian C. Dunn jdunn@aquezada.com wrote:

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Carlos Camacho
carlos.camacho@frontiersin.org wrote:

Hello!

Im runing this simple recipe block to create a web app in IIS

powershell_script “create_site_my_site” do
code "New-webapppool -name ‘My_Web_App’; New-Website -Name
’My_Web_App’ -applicationpool ‘My_Web_App’ -Port ‘80’ -IPAddress *
-PhysicalPath ‘c:\webs\My_Web_App’ "
action :run
not_if "get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq ‘My_Web_App’ }"
end

The problem here its that the NOT_IF part its allways True

PS C:\Users\carlos>
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $.name -eq ‘asdfasdfasdf’
}
PS C:\Users\carlos> echo lastexitcode 1 PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object {
.name -eq ‘My_Web_App’ }

Name ID State Physical Path
Bindings


           --------

My_Web_App 6 Stopped c:\webs\My_Web_App http *:80:

           https *:443:

PS C:\Users\carlos.camacho> echo $lastexitcode
1

Now, my question is about how to return True or False in the NOT_IF
depending on my code return value ??

Use the convert_boolean_return attribute in the powershell_script
resource to do the right thing. See the documentation for information
about what that does & why.

http://docs.getchef.com/resource_powershell_script.html

I imagine that this will become the default when :guard_interpreter
becomes :powershell by default for powershell_script.

  • Julian


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Hi everyone,

In the documentation it is not clearly in which version of chef the attribute ‘convert_boolean_return’ and ‘interpreter’ has been introduced, because we are using chef-11-10-4 and it doesn’t seem to be implemented in this version.
Do you think it could be possible to have a better highlight of the version where the attributes were introduced, because it is not clear see where to search such information except from reading directly the chef-client code.

Thx

From: Adam Edwards [mailto:adamed@getchef.com]
Sent: mercredi 20 août 2014 18:09
To: chef@lists.opscode.com
Subject: [chef] RE: Re: Re: NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation problem.

Carlos, lastexitcode does not give you the exit status of the last powershell cmdlet, it gives you the last exit status of a Windows process that you executed. Since get-website is a cmdlet, lastexitcode tells you nothing about its success or failure. For cmdlet status, use ?, which is $true if the last cmdlet succeeded, $false otherwise.

Powershell_script actually has a feature to make your scenario easy – just provide a boolean expression to your guard, something like (get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq ‘My_Web_App’ }).length > 0, which will return $true if there’s a web site satisfying the query (assuming get-website returns a collection with a length property) and $false otherwise.

You can read more about this capability in this documentation from http://docs.getchef.com/resource_powershell_script.html – see the excerpt below:

convert_boolean_return
Use to return 0 if the last line of a command is evaluated to be true or to return 1 if the last line is evaluated to be false. Default value: false.

When the guard_intrepreter common attribute is set to :powershell_script, a string command will be evaluated as if this value were set to true. This is because the behavior of this attribute is similar to the value of the “$?” expression common in UNIX interpreters. For example, this:

powershell_script ‘make_safe_backup’ do
guard_interpreter :powershell_script
code 'cp ~/data/nodes.json ~/data/nodes.bak’
not_if 'test-path ~/data/nodes.bak’
end
is similar to:

bash ‘make_safe_backup’ do
code 'cp ~/data/nodes.json ~/data/nodes.bak’
not_if 'test -e ~/data/nodes.bak’
end

From: Seth Vargo [mailto:sethvargo@getchef.commailto:sethvargo@getchef.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 7:55 AM
To: chef@lists.opscode.commailto:chef@lists.opscode.com
Subject: [chef] Re: Re: NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation problem.

Hi Carlos,

You also posted this question on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25406353/chef-not-if-and-only-if-validation-issue-in-windows-recipes.

I understand that you are trying to get the fastest answer possible, but posting the same question in multiple channels, you may discourage the chances of getting an answer. It gives a wry impression. Here’s what I would recommend:

  • If you have a question and you need an answer NOW, IRC is the best bet. You will get real-time communication with members of Chef and the Chef community.
  • If you have a question that is about process, best practice, or opinion, this mailing list is probably your best bet. If you need to show code on the mailing list, using a service like PasteBin or GitHub Gist can make the email more readable.
  • If you have a specific code example (i.e. why is this failing), StackOverflow/ServerFault are usually the best.

I realize there are definitely areas for overlap, so please use your best judgement.

Thanks,
Seth

On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Julian C. Dunn <jdunn@aquezada.commailto:jdunn@aquezada.com> wrote:

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Carlos Camacho
<carlos.camacho@frontiersin.orgmailto:carlos.camacho@frontiersin.org> wrote:
Hello!

Im runing this simple recipe block to create a web app in IIS

powershell_script “create_site_my_site” do
code "New-webapppool -name ‘My_Web_App’; New-Website -Name
’My_Web_App’ -applicationpool ‘My_Web_App’ -Port ‘80’ -IPAddress *
-PhysicalPath ‘c:\webs\My_Web_App’ "
action :run
not_if "get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq ‘My_Web_App’ }"
end

The problem here its that the NOT_IF part its allways True

PS C:\Users\carlos>
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $.name -eq ‘asdfasdfasdf’ }
PS C:\Users\carlos> echo lastexitcode 1 PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object {
.name -eq ‘My_Web_App’ }

Name ID State Physical Path Bindings


           --------

My_Web_App 6 Stopped c:\webs\My_Web_App http *:80:

           https *:443:

PS C:\Users\carlos.camacho> echo $lastexitcode
1

Now, my question is about how to return True or False in the NOT_IF
depending on my code return value ??

Use the convert_boolean_return attribute in the powershell_script
resource to do the right thing. See the documentation for information
about what that does & why.

http://docs.getchef.com/resource_powershell_script.html

I imagine that this will become the default when :guard_interpreter
becomes :powershell by default for powershell_script.

  • Julian


[ Julian C. Dunn <jdunn@aquezada.commailto:jdunn@aquezada.com> * Sorry, I’m ]
[ WWW: http://www.aquezada.com/staff/julian * only Web 1.0 ]
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Adam!

Thanks a lot xD

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jeremy Mauro j.mauro@criteo.com wrote:

Hi everyone,

In the documentation it is not clearly in which version of chef the
attribute ‘convert_boolean_return’ and ‘interpreter’ has been introduced,
because we are using chef-11-10-4 and it doesn’t seem to be implemented in
this version.

Do you think it could be possible to have a better highlight of the version
where the attributes were introduced, because it is not clear see where to
search such information except from reading directly the chef-client code.

Thx

From: Adam Edwards [mailto:adamed@getchef.com]
Sent: mercredi 20 août 2014 18:09
To: chef@lists.opscode.com
Subject: [chef] RE: Re: Re: NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation problem.

Carlos, $lastexitcode does not give you the exit status of the last
powershell cmdlet, it gives you the last exit status of a Windows process
that you executed. Since get-website is a cmdlet, lastexitcode tells you
nothing about its success or failure. For cmdlet status, use $?, which is
$true if the last cmdlet succeeded, $false otherwise.

Powershell_script actually has a feature to make your scenario easy – just
provide a boolean expression to your guard, something like (get-website |
where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }).length > 0, which will return
$true if there’s a web site satisfying the query (assuming get-website
returns a collection with a length property) and $false otherwise.

You can read more about this capability in this documentation from
powershell_script Resource -- see the excerpt
below:

convert_boolean_return

Use to return 0 if the last line of a command is evaluated to be true or to
return 1 if the last line is evaluated to be false. Default value: false.

When the guard_intrepreter common attribute is set to :powershell_script, a
string command will be evaluated as if this value were set to true. This is
because the behavior of this attribute is similar to the value of the "$?"
expression common in UNIX interpreters. For example, this:

powershell_script 'make_safe_backup' do

guard_interpreter :powershell_script

code 'cp ~/data/nodes.json ~/data/nodes.bak'

not_if 'test-path ~/data/nodes.bak'

end

is similar to:

bash 'make_safe_backup' do

code 'cp ~/data/nodes.json ~/data/nodes.bak'

not_if 'test -e ~/data/nodes.bak'

end

From: Seth Vargo [mailto:sethvargo@getchef.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 7:55 AM
To: chef@lists.opscode.com
Subject: [chef] Re: Re: NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation problem.

Hi Carlos,

You also posted this question on StackOverflow:
ruby - Chef NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation issue in Windows recipes - Stack Overflow.

I understand that you are trying to get the fastest answer possible, but
posting the same question in multiple channels, you may discourage the
chances of getting an answer. It gives a wry impression. Here's what I would
recommend:

  • If you have a question and you need an answer NOW, IRC is the best bet.
    You will get real-time communication with members of Chef and the Chef
    community.

  • If you have a question that is about process, best practice, or opinion,
    this mailing list is probably your best bet. If you need to show code on the
    mailing list, using a service like PasteBin or GitHub Gist can make the
    email more readable.

  • If you have a specific code example (i.e. why is this failing),
    StackOverflow/ServerFault are usually the best.

I realize there are definitely areas for overlap, so please use your best
judgement.

Thanks,

Seth

On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Julian C. Dunn jdunn@aquezada.com wrote:

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Carlos Camacho
carlos.camacho@frontiersin.org wrote:

Hello!

Im runing this simple recipe block to create a web app in IIS

powershell_script "create_site_my_site" do
code "New-webapppool -name 'My_Web_App'; New-Website -Name
'My_Web_App' -applicationpool 'My_Web_App' -Port '80' -IPAddress *
-PhysicalPath 'c:\webs\My_Web_App' "
action :run
not_if "get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }"
end

The problem here its that the NOT_IF part its allways True

PS C:\Users\carlos>
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $.name -eq 'asdfasdfasdf'
}
PS C:\Users\carlos> echo $lastexitcode
1
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $
.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }

Name ID State Physical Path
Bindings


           --------

My_Web_App 6 Stopped c:\webs\My_Web_App http *:80:

           https *:443:

PS C:\Users\carlos.camacho> echo $lastexitcode
1

Now, my question is about how to return True or False in the NOT_IF
depending on my code return value ??

Use the convert_boolean_return attribute in the powershell_script
resource to do the right thing. See the documentation for information
about what that does & why.

powershell_script Resource

I imagine that this will become the default when :guard_interpreter
becomes :powershell by default for powershell_script.

  • Julian

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Hello,

After a lot of tests I'm coming back :slight_smile:

This is my recipe code:

powershell_script "create_binding_"+z[:app_name] do
code "New-WebBinding -Name '"+z[:app_name]+"' -IPAddress '*' -Port
'"+z[:https_port]+"' -Protocol 'https'"
action :run
not_if "(get-webbinding -Name '"+z[:app_name]+"' -Port
'"+z[:https_port]+"').length -gt 0"
guard_interpreter :powershell_script
action :run
end

Now the execution fails and this is the chef-client ourput.

powershell_script("create_binding_Alhambra") do
action [:run]
retries 0
retry_delay 2
guard_interpreter :powershell_script
command ""powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile
-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None -File
"C:/Users/CARLOS~1.CAM/AppData/Local/Temp/2/chef-script20140822-2516-1w2ge1f.ps1""
backup 5
returns 0
code "New-WebBinding -Name 'Alhambra' -IPAddress '*' -Port '4435'
-Protocol 'https'"
interpreter "powershell.exe"
cookbook_name "frontiers_custom"
recipe_name "populator"
not_if "(get-webbinding -Name 'Alhambra' -Port '4435').length -gt 0"
end

In this case if I execute the guard "(get-webbinding -Name 'Alhambra'
-Port '4435').length -gt 0"
It returs True in the PS shell (The binding its created) but it keeps
executing the comand and it fails.

This is the error message

[2014-08-22T08:48:18+00:00] INFO: Running queued delayed notifications
before re-raising exception
Running handlers:
[2014-08-22T08:48:18+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2014-08-22T08:48:18+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2014-08-22T08:48:18+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to
c:/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 12.819917 seconds
[2014-08-22T08:48:18+00:00] FATAL:
Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed:
powershell_script[create_binding_Alhambra]
(frontiers_custom::populator line 112) had an error:
Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with
[0] , but received '1'
---- Begin output of "powershell.exe"
-NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
-InputFormat None -File
"C:/Users/CARLOS~1.CAM/AppData/Local/Temp/2/chef-script20140822-2516-1w2ge1f.ps1"

STDOUT:
STDERR: Filename:
Error: Cannot add duplicate collection entry of type 'binding' with
combined key attributes 'protocol, bindingInformation' respectively
set to 'https, *:4435:'
---- End output of "powershell.exe"
-NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
-InputFormat None -File
"C:/Users/CARLOS~1.CAM/AppData/Local/Temp/2/chef-script20140822-2516-1w2ge1f.ps1"

Ran "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile
-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None -File "C:/Users/

This is because the guard its not working properly (Chef client
11.14.6 and Chef server 11.1.4)..
I also tested it using convert_boolean_return true but the result remains.

Adam, can you help me with this?

Thanks.

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Adam Edwards adamed@getchef.com wrote:

Carlos, $lastexitcode does not give you the exit status of the last
powershell cmdlet, it gives you the last exit status of a Windows process
that you executed. Since get-website is a cmdlet, lastexitcode tells you
nothing about its success or failure. For cmdlet status, use $?, which is
$true if the last cmdlet succeeded, $false otherwise.

Powershell_script actually has a feature to make your scenario easy – just
provide a boolean expression to your guard, something like (get-website |
where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }).length > 0, which will return
$true if there’s a web site satisfying the query (assuming get-website
returns a collection with a length property) and $false otherwise.

You can read more about this capability in this documentation from
powershell_script Resource -- see the excerpt
below:

convert_boolean_return

Use to return 0 if the last line of a command is evaluated to be true or to
return 1 if the last line is evaluated to be false. Default value: false.

When the guard_intrepreter common attribute is set to :powershell_script, a
string command will be evaluated as if this value were set to true. This is
because the behavior of this attribute is similar to the value of the "$?"
expression common in UNIX interpreters. For example, this:

powershell_script 'make_safe_backup' do

guard_interpreter :powershell_script

code 'cp ~/data/nodes.json ~/data/nodes.bak'

not_if 'test-path ~/data/nodes.bak'

end

is similar to:

bash 'make_safe_backup' do

code 'cp ~/data/nodes.json ~/data/nodes.bak'

not_if 'test -e ~/data/nodes.bak'

end

From: Seth Vargo [mailto:sethvargo@getchef.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 7:55 AM
To: chef@lists.opscode.com
Subject: [chef] Re: Re: NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation problem.

Hi Carlos,

You also posted this question on StackOverflow:
ruby - Chef NOT_IF and ONLY_IF validation issue in Windows recipes - Stack Overflow.

I understand that you are trying to get the fastest answer possible, but
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Thanks,

Seth

On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Julian C. Dunn jdunn@aquezada.com wrote:

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Carlos Camacho
carlos.camacho@frontiersin.org wrote:

Hello!

Im runing this simple recipe block to create a web app in IIS

powershell_script "create_site_my_site" do
code "New-webapppool -name 'My_Web_App'; New-Website -Name
'My_Web_App' -applicationpool 'My_Web_App' -Port '80' -IPAddress *
-PhysicalPath 'c:\webs\My_Web_App' "
action :run
not_if "get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }"
end

The problem here its that the NOT_IF part its allways True

PS C:\Users\carlos>
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $.name -eq 'asdfasdfasdf'
}
PS C:\Users\carlos> echo $lastexitcode
1
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $
.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }

Name ID State Physical Path
Bindings


           --------

My_Web_App 6 Stopped c:\webs\My_Web_App http *:80:

           https *:443:

PS C:\Users\carlos.camacho> echo $lastexitcode
1

Now, my question is about how to return True or False in the NOT_IF
depending on my code return value ??

Use the convert_boolean_return attribute in the powershell_script
resource to do the right thing. See the documentation for information
about what that does & why.

powershell_script Resource

I imagine that this will become the default when :guard_interpreter
becomes :powershell by default for powershell_script.

  • Julian

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