Thanks. You've kind of answered what I feared.
I have started passing the Ohai attributes as a variables hash in the
recipe to the template they are needed in.
Compile time execution happens after the initial ohai plugin load
(automatic attribute population). Unfortunately, I do not think it is
possible to supply a directory of ohai plugins for Chef to load at the
automatic attributes phase, at least not at first glance of the
configuration reference. May be someone can correct me.
I'd advise moving the calculation of this particular attribute to
convergence-time, when you know your compile-time plugin has been
evaluated; additionally, it may be wise to guard or short-circuit the
recipe (fatally) if the values you require on the node are not
required.
Cheers,
AJ
On 19 March 2013 11:48, Tom tom.ashley@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
Sorry, I didn't put the whole stack trace in as it didn't seem very
useful.
This is it, with the stack trace below it.
================================================================================
Recipe Compile Error in
/opt/chef-repo/cookbooks/jockey/attributes/default.rb
================================================================================
NoMethodError
undefined method `' for nil:NilClass
Cookbook Trace:
/opt/chef-repo/cookbooks/jockey/attributes/default.rb:30:in `from_file'
Relevant File Content:
/opt/chef-repo/cookbooks/jockey/attributes/default.rb:
23: default['jockey']['spring']['webscripts']['config_path']
= 'jockey'
24: # default['jockey']['share_config_custom_dev_override']
= 'false'
25: default['jockey']['share']['config']['custom_dev_signup_url']
= ''
26: default['jockey']['share']['config']['custom_dev_signup_email']
= ''
27: default['jockey']['share']['config']['custom_dev_ganalytics_code']
= ''
28:
29: # # jockey
30>> default['jockey']['db_name'] =
node[:ec2][:ext_data][:jockey_db_name]
31: default['jockey']['db_username'] = 'jockey'
32: default['jockey']['db_password'] = 'jockey'
33: default['jockey']['db_server'] = 'localhost'
34: default['jockey']['db_port'] = '3306'
35: default['jockey']['db_pool_min'] = '3'
36: default['jockey']['db_pool_max'] = '30'
37: default['jockey']['db_pool_initial'] = '3'
38: default['jockey']['jdbc_fetch_size'] = '150'
39: default['jockey']['dir_root'] =
'/var/lib/jockey/alf_data'
[2013-03-18T22:33:30+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2013-03-18T22:33:30+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2013-03-18T22:33:30+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to
/var/cache/chef-solo/chef-stacktrace.out
[2013-03-18T22:33:30+00:00] FATAL: NoMethodError: undefined method `'
for
nil:NilClass
[root@jockeyn1 opt]# cat /var/cache/chef-solo/chef-stacktrace.out
Generated at 2013-03-18 22:33:30 +0000
NoMethodError: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass /opt/chef-repo/cookbooks/jockey/attributes/default.rb:30:in from_file'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/mixin/from_file.rb:30:in
`instance_eval'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/mixin/from_file.rb:30:in
`from_file'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/run_context.rb:192:in
`block in load_attributes'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/run_context.rb:230:in
`call'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/run_context.rb:230:in
`block (2 levels) in foreach_cookbook_load_segment'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/run_context.rb:229:in
`each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/run_context.rb:229:in
`block in foreach_cookbook_load_segment'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/run_context.rb:227:in
`each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/run_context.rb:227:in
`foreach_cookbook_load_segment'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/run_context.rb:189:in
`load_attributes'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/run_context.rb:65:in
`load'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/client.rb:198:in
`setup_run_context'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/client.rb:418:in
`do_run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/client.rb:176:in
`run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/application.rb:140:in
`run_chef_client'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:224:in
`block in run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:216:in
`loop'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:216:in
`run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/lib/chef/application.rb:72:in
`run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.2/bin/chef-solo:25:in
<top (required)>' /usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in load'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in `'
node[:ec2][:ext_data][:jockey_db_name] is loaded from a custom ohai
plugin
that should be loaded during compile phase.
running 'ohai -d /var/chef/ohai_plugins ec2' once the script is loaded
yields the correct output.
If I use the ohai attribute directly in a template, or a recipe then the
correct value is assigned. It is only failing to load when I try to
assign
it within the ./attributes/default.rb file.
I have assigned values further up the Mash, and just one level up @
node[:ec2][:ext_data] allows a complete chef-solo run, but the attribute
is
blank. So I assume the error above comes from the fact that
node[:ec2][:ext_data] is an empty hash.
I am, however, perplexed that the Ohai data is not available when the
default attributes file is loaded.
Tom
On 18 March 2013 19:44, AJ Christensen aj@junglist.gen.nz wrote:
Please post the full (debug) logs from Chef, not just the
exceptionally useless single line fatal exception.
Automatic attributes from ohai are loaded and merged to the node
before attributes from roles, environments and cookbooks, may even
be one of the first things Chef does.
What sets the node['ec2']['instance']['Env'] key ? An ohai plugin? Can
you publish it? Can you see it running successfully?
Can you point ohai at your plugins dir and execute it directly with
ohai?
Cheers,
AJ
On 19 March 2013 03:52, Tom tom.ashley@gmail.com wrote:
Ohai,
I'm using chef-solo and I am loading some attributes into ohai -
specifcally
some custom ec2 data generated from tags and userdata.
I'd like to be able to set some of the default attributes in my
cookbook
to
the values in Ohai, but when I load a chef-solo run I am receiving the
following error:
[2013-03-18T14:45:36+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to
/var/cache/chef-solo/chef-stacktrace.out
and it points to the cookbook attribute:
83>> default['jockey']['cluster_name'] =
node['ec2']['instance']['Env'].downcase
I presume this is happening because Ohai has not been populated with
my
custom data by the time default attributes have been processed in the
deep
merge.
Is there a better/different way I should be loading these attributes?
Thanks for any help.
Tom