# Puzzled about convergence, please advise?

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**Created:** [November 13, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/puzzled-about-convergence-please-advise/5933 "2014-11-13T20:21:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/puzzled-about-convergence-please-advise/5933/1 "2014-11-13T20:21:12Z")

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I thought I understood this, so I’m puzzled that it’s not working the way I think it should work. I have the following simple recipe.

rpm\_package “Installing RPM” do  
action :install  
package\_name myRPM.rpm  
end

template “/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do  
source "myRPMconfig.xml.erb"  
end

I expect both resources to be executed during convergence (run time), correct?

If so, the rpm\_package should install myRPM.rpm, which creates the /opt/some\_path/conf directory, so when the template resource runs, the directory is already there. However, when I run chef-client, I get an error saying “No such file or directory - /opt/some\_path/conf”

I know that myRPM.rpm creates the directory because if I install it manually, it does create it.

Any advise?

Chris

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**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/puzzled-about-convergence-please-advise/5933/2 "2014-11-13T20:46:10Z")

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resources are executed at converge time, but they are built (resource  
collection) during compilation time. to build the template resource u need  
to read the template file, inject variables and finally in converge tim  
check if that differs from the existing one and replace it. so the resource  
building part itself requires the file to be present.  
you dont need template here, you want remote file with file:/// as source,  
can you try that?  
hope this help  
ranjib

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Fouts, Chris [Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)  
wrote:

> I thought I understood this, so I’m puzzled that it’s not working the  
> way I think it should work. I have the following simple recipe.
> 
> rpm\_package “Installing RPM” do
> 
> action :install
> 
> package\_name myRPM.rpm
> 
> end
> 
> template “/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do
> 
> source “myRPMconfig.xml.erb”
> 
> end
> 
> I expect both resources to be executed during convergence (run time),  
> correct?
> 
> If so, the rpm\_package should install myRPM.rpm, which creates the  
> /opt/some\_path/conf directory, so when the template resource runs, the  
> directory is already there. However, when I run chef-client, I get an error  
> saying “No such file or directory - /opt/some\_path/conf”
> 
> I know that myRPM.rpm creates the directory because if I install it  
> manually, it does create it.
> 
> Any advise?
> 
> Chris

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**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/puzzled-about-convergence-please-advise/5933/3 "2014-11-13T21:16:05Z")

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Sorry, I should’ve shown this example to explain why I “need” a template.

rpm\_package “Installing RPM” do  
action :install  
package\_name myRPM.rpm  
end

template “/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do  
source “myRPMconfig.xml.erb”  
variable({  
“var1” =\> node.mycookbook.var1  
})  
end

From: Ranjib Dey [[mailto:dey.ranjib@gmail.com](mailto:dey.ranjib@gmail.com)]  
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 3:46 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Re: Puzzled about convergence, please advise?

resources are executed at converge time, but they are built (resource collection) during compilation time. to build the template resource u need to read the template file, inject variables and finally in converge tim check if that differs from the existing one and replace it. so the resource building part itself requires the file to be present.  
you dont need template here, you want remote file with file:///\<file:///\\> as source, can you try that?  
hope this help  
ranjib

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Fouts, Chris \<[Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)[mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)\> wrote:  
I thought I understood this, so I’m puzzled that it’s not working the way I think it should work. I have the following simple recipe.

rpm\_package “Installing RPM” do  
action :install  
package\_name myRPM.rpm  
end

template “/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do  
source “myRPMconfig.xml.erb”  
end

I expect both resources to be executed during convergence (run time), correct?

If so, the rpm\_package should install myRPM.rpm, which creates the /opt/some\_path/conf directory, so when the template resource runs, the directory is already there. However, when I run chef-client, I get an error saying “No such file or directory - /opt/some\_path/conf”

I know that myRPM.rpm creates the directory because if I install it manually, it does create it.

Any advise?

Chris

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The template resource does most of that work inside the provider at  
compile-time. The resource is used to validate that your arguments to  
the resource are valid, its not until you get into  
define\_resource\_requirements inside of the provider that you would throw  
the EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist exception.

As far as I can tell the example Chris gives should work, so we probably  
need the real code and the real output showing the actual exception,  
plus the backtrace. Offhand I'd suspect something more like a simple  
"/opt/some\_path/conf" vs. "/opt/some-path/conf" typo but there's not  
enough information to say. However, I would have expected either an  
EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist or the error message about the source of  
the template not being found for the simple "file not found" cases that  
I can think of. If chef is spitting back a stock "No such file or  
directory" then I'm not sure what code path is getting hit without the  
text of the exception and ideally the backtrace.

On 11/13/14, 12:46 PM, Ranjib Dey wrote:

> resources are executed at converge time, but they are built (resource  
> collection) during compilation time. to build the template resource u  
> need to read the template file, inject variables and finally in  
> converge tim check if that differs from the existing one and replace  
> it. so the resource building part itself requires the file to be present.  
> you dont need template here, you want remote file with file:/// as  
> source, can you try that?  
> hope this help  
> ranjib
> 
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Fouts, Chris \<[Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)  
> [mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)\> wrote:
> 
> ```
> I thought I understood this, so I’m puzzled that it’s not working
> the way I think it should work. I have the following simple recipe.
> 
> rpm_package “Installing RPM” do
> 
> action :install
> 
> package_name myRPM.rpm
> 
> end
> 
> template “/opt/some_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do
> 
> source “myRPMconfig.xml.erb”
> 
> end
> 
> I expect both resources to be executed during convergence (run
> time), correct?
> 
> If so, the rpm_package should install myRPM.rpm, which creates the
> /opt/some_path/conf directory, so when the template resource runs,
> the directory is already there. However, when I run chef-client, I
> get an error saying “No such file or directory - /opt/some_path/conf”
> 
> I know that myRPM.rpm creates the directory because if I install
> it manually, it does create it.
> 
> Any advise?
> 
> Chris
> 
> ```

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Try setting up your template with an action of nothing and then have the rpm\_package resource notify the template.

rpm\_package “Installing RPM” do  
action :install  
package\_name myRPM.rpm

notifies :create, “template[/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml]”, :immediate  
end

template “/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do  
source "myRPMconfig.xml.erb"  
variable({  
“var1” =\> node.mycookbook.var1  
})

action :nothing  
end

From: Fouts, Chris [[mailto:Chris.Fouts@Sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@Sensus.com)]  
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:16 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] RE: Re: Puzzled about convergence, please advise?

Sorry, I should’ve shown this example to explain why I “need” a template.

rpm\_package “Installing RPM” do  
action :install  
package\_name myRPM.rpm  
end

template “/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do  
source “myRPMconfig.xml.erb”  
variable({  
“var1” =\> node.mycookbook.var1  
})  
end

From: Ranjib Dey [[mailto:dey.ranjib@gmail.com](mailto:dey.ranjib@gmail.com)]  
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 3:46 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)[mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Re: Puzzled about convergence, please advise?

resources are executed at converge time, but they are built (resource collection) during compilation time. to build the template resource u need to read the template file, inject variables and finally in converge tim check if that differs from the existing one and replace it. so the resource building part itself requires the file to be present.  
you dont need template here, you want remote file with file:///\<file:///\\> as source, can you try that?  
hope this help  
ranjib

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Fouts, Chris \<[Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)[mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)\> wrote:  
I thought I understood this, so I’m puzzled that it’s not working the way I think it should work. I have the following simple recipe.

rpm\_package “Installing RPM” do  
action :install  
package\_name myRPM.rpm  
end

template “/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do  
source “myRPMconfig.xml.erb”  
end

I expect both resources to be executed during convergence (run time), correct?

If so, the rpm\_package should install myRPM.rpm, which creates the /opt/some\_path/conf directory, so when the template resource runs, the directory is already there. However, when I run chef-client, I get an error saying “No such file or directory - /opt/some\_path/conf”

I know that myRPM.rpm creates the directory because if I install it manually, it does create it.

Any advise?

Chris

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Ok, here’s an actual trace. In this case, I have a recipe that installs Cassandra.

Service\_name=”flexnet-cassandra”

rpm\_package “Install Cassandra” do  
action :install  
package\_name flexnet-cassandra.rpm  
end

#Set Cassandra Clustered Config File  
template “/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml” do  
source "cassandra.erb"  
owner "root"  
group "root"  
mode 0755  
variables(  
:cassandra\_hosts =\> node[:cassandra\_hosts],  
:environment =\> environment,  
)  
action :create  
notifies :restart, “service[#{service\_name}]”, :delayed  
end

Recipe: cassandra::default

- template[/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml] action create
  - Parent directory /opt/cassandra/conf does not exist.  
================================================================================  
Error executing action `create` on resource ‘template[/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml]’  
================================================================================

## Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist

Parent directory /opt/cassandra/conf does not exist.

## Resource Declaration:

# In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb

18: template “/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml” do  
19: source "cassandra.erb"  
20: owner "root"  
21: group "root"  
22: mode 0755  
23: variables(  
24: :cassandra\_hosts =\> node[:cassandra\_hosts],  
25: :environment =\> environment,  
26: )  
27: action :create  
28: notifies :restart, “service[#{service\_name}]”, :delayed  
29: end  
30:

## Compiled Resource:

# Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb:18:in `from\_file’

template("/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml") do  
provider Chef::Provider::Template  
action [:create]  
retries 0  
retry\_delay 2  
guard\_interpreter :default  
path "/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml"  
backup 5  
atomic\_update true  
source "cassandra.erb"  
variables {:cassandra\_hosts=\>[“scaleha-flip1”, “scaleha-flip2”, “scaleha-flex1”, “scaleha-flex2”], :environment=\>“Flexapp Cluster”}  
cookbook\_name "cassandra"  
recipe\_name "default"  
owner "root"  
group "root"  
mode 493  
end

Running handlers:  
[2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers  
Running handlers complete

[2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete  
[2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out  
Chef Client failed. 14 resources updated in 31.654667 seconds  
[2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] ERROR: template[/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml] (cassandra::default line 18) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist: Parent directory /opt/cassandra/conf does not exist.  
[2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)  
[root@scaleha-flip2 rpms]#

From: Lamont Granquist [[mailto:lamont@opscode.com](mailto:lamont@opscode.com)]  
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:41 PM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Re: Re: Puzzled about convergence, please advise?

The template resource does most of that work inside the provider at compile-time. The resource is used to validate that your arguments to the resource are valid, its not until you get into define\_resource\_requirements inside of the provider that you would throw the EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist exception.

As far as I can tell the example Chris gives should work, so we probably need the real code and the real output showing the actual exception, plus the backtrace. Offhand I’d suspect something more like a simple “/opt/some\_path/conf” vs. “/opt/some-path/conf” typo but there’s not enough information to say. However, I would have expected either an EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist or the error message about the source of the template not being found for the simple “file not found” cases that I can think of. If chef is spitting back a stock “No such file or directory” then I’m not sure what code path is getting hit without the text of the exception and ideally the backtrace.

On 11/13/14, 12:46 PM, Ranjib Dey wrote:  
resources are executed at converge time, but they are built (resource collection) during compilation time. to build the template resource u need to read the template file, inject variables and finally in converge tim check if that differs from the existing one and replace it. so the resource building part itself requires the file to be present.  
you dont need template here, you want remote file with file:///\<file:///\\> as source, can you try that?  
hope this help  
ranjib

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Fouts, Chris \<[Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)[mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)\> wrote:  
I thought I understood this, so I’m puzzled that it’s not working the way I think it should work. I have the following simple recipe.

rpm\_package “Installing RPM” do  
action :install  
package\_name myRPM.rpm  
end

template “/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do  
source “myRPMconfig.xml.erb”  
end

I expect both resources to be executed during convergence (run time), correct?

If so, the rpm\_package should install myRPM.rpm, which creates the /opt/some\_path/conf directory, so when the template resource runs, the directory is already there. However, when I run chef-client, I get an error saying “No such file or directory - /opt/some\_path/conf”

I know that myRPM.rpm creates the directory because if I install it manually, it does create it.

Any advise?

Chris

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On Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Fouts, Chris wrote:

> Ok, here’s an actual trace. In this case, I have a recipe that installs Cassandra.
> 
> Service\_name=”flexnet-cassandra”
> 
> rpm\_package “Install Cassandra” do  
> action :install  
> package\_name flexnet-cassandra.rpm  
> end
> 
> #Set Cassandra Clustered Config File  
> template "/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml" do  
> source "cassandra.erb"  
> owner "root"  
> group "root"  
> mode 0755  
> variables(  
> :cassandra\_hosts =\> node[:cassandra\_hosts],  
> :environment =\> environment,  
> )  
> action :create  
> notifies :restart, "service[#{service\_name}]", :delayed  
> end
> 
> Recipe: cassandra::default
> 
> - template[/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml] action create
> - Parent directory /opt/cassandra/conf does not exist.  
> ================================================================================  
> Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml]'  
> ================================================================================
> 
> ## Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist
> 
> Parent directory /opt/cassandra/conf does not exist.
> 
> ## Resource Declaration:
> 
> # In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb
> 
> 18: template "/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml" do  
> 19: source "cassandra.erb"  
> 20: owner "root"  
> 21: group "root"  
> 22: mode 0755  
> 23: variables(  
> 24: :cassandra\_hosts =\> node[:cassandra\_hosts],  
> 25: :environment =\> environment,  
> 26: )  
> 27: action :create  
> 28: notifies :restart, "service[#{service\_name}]", :delayed  
> 29: end  
> 30:
> 
> ## Compiled Resource:
> 
> # Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb:18:in `from\_file'
> 
> template("/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml") do  
> provider Chef::Provider::Template  
> action [:create]  
> retries 0  
> retry\_delay 2  
> guard\_interpreter :default  
> path "/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml"  
> backup 5  
> atomic\_update true  
> source "cassandra.erb"  
> variables {:cassandra\_hosts=\>["scaleha-flip1", "scaleha-flip2", "scaleha-flex1", "scaleha-flex2"], :environment=\>"Flexapp Cluster"}  
> cookbook\_name "cassandra"  
> recipe\_name "default"  
> owner "root"  
> group "root"  
> mode 493  
> end
> 
> Running handlers:  
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers  
> Running handlers complete
> 
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete  
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out  
> Chef Client failed. 14 resources updated in 31.654667 seconds  
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] ERROR: template[/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml] (cassandra::default line 18) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist: Parent directory /opt/cassandra/conf does not exist.  
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

Another possibility is that the package doesn’t get installed for some reason. Could it already be installed but the conf/ dir has been removed? More generally, what’s on disk after Chef fails? It should have run the package resource before the template, so you should be able to observe the effects of running action :install on the package.

--  
Daniel DeLeo

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so on the server validate the rpm is installed:

rpm -qa | egrep flexnet-cassandra

validate the directory is in that rpm in the db:

rpm -ql flexnet-cassandra | egrep /opt/cassandra/conf

validate the directory exists:

ls -la /opt/cassandra/conf

based on the code you posted the rpm resource will have been converged  
by the time you hit that check in the provider.

On Thu Nov 13 13:58:20 2014, Fouts, Chris wrote:

> Ok, here’s an actual trace. In this case, I have a recipe that  
> installs Cassandra.
> 
> Service\_name=”flexnet-cassandra”
> 
> rpm\_package “Install Cassandra” do
> 
> action :install
> 
> package\_name flexnet-cassandra.rpm
> 
> end
> 
> #Set Cassandra Clustered Config File
> 
> template "/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml"do
> 
> source "cassandra.erb"
> 
> owner "root"
> 
> group "root"
> 
> mode 0755
> 
> variables(
> 
> :cassandra\_hosts=\> node[:cassandra\_hosts],
> 
> :environment=\> environment,
> 
> )
> 
> action :create
> 
> notifies :restart, "service[#{service\_name}]", :delayed
> 
> end
> 
> Recipe: cassandra::default
> 
> - template[/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml] action create
> 
> - Parent directory /opt/cassandra/conf does not exist.
> 
> ================================================================================
> 
> Error executing action `create` on resource  
> 'template[/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml]'
> 
> ================================================================================
> 
> Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist
> 
> * * *
> 
> Parent directory /opt/cassandra/conf does not exist.
> 
> Resource Declaration:
> 
> * * *
> 
> # In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb
> 
> 18: template "/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml" do
> 
> 19: source "cassandra.erb"
> 
> 20: owner "root"
> 
> 21: group "root"
> 
> 22: mode 0755
> 
> 23: variables(
> 
> 24: :cassandra\_hosts =\> node[:cassandra\_hosts],
> 
> 25: :environment =\> environment,
> 
> 26: )
> 
> 27: action :create
> 
> 28: notifies :restart, "service[#{service\_name}]", :delayed
> 
> 29: end
> 
> 30:
> 
> Compiled Resource:
> 
> * * *
> 
> # Declared in
> 
> /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb:18:in `from\_file'
> 
> template("/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml") do
> 
> provider Chef::Provider::Template
> 
> action [:create]
> 
> retries 0
> 
> retry\_delay 2
> 
> guard\_interpreter :default
> 
> path "/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml"
> 
> backup 5
> 
> atomic\_update true
> 
> source "cassandra.erb"
> 
> variables {:cassandra\_hosts=\>["scaleha-flip1", "scaleha-flip2",  
> "scaleha-flex1", "scaleha-flex2"], :environment=\>"Flexapp Cluster"}
> 
> cookbook\_name "cassandra"
> 
> recipe\_name "default"
> 
> owner "root"
> 
> group "root"
> 
> mode 493
> 
> end
> 
> Running handlers:
> 
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
> 
> Running handlers complete
> 
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
> 
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to  
> /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
> 
> Chef Client failed. 14 resources updated in 31.654667 seconds
> 
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] ERROR:  
> template[/opt/cassandra/conf/cassandra.yaml] (cassandra::default line  
> 18) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist:  
> Parent directory /opt/cassandra/conf does not exist.
> 
> [2014-11-13T16:42:07-05:00] FATAL:  
> Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited  
> unsuccessfully (exit code 1)
> 
> [root@scaleha-flip2 rpms]#
> 
> \*From:\*Lamont Granquist [[mailto:lamont@opscode.com](mailto:lamont@opscode.com)]  
> _Sent:_ Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:41 PM  
> _To:_ [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
> _Subject:_ [chef] Re: Re: Puzzled about convergence, please advise?
> 
> The template resource does most of that work inside the provider at  
> compile-time. The resource is used to validate that your arguments to  
> the resource are valid, its not until you get into  
> define\_resource\_requirements inside of the provider that you would  
> throw the EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist exception.
> 
> As far as I can tell the example Chris gives should work, so we  
> probably need the real code and the real output showing the actual  
> exception, plus the backtrace. Offhand I'd suspect something more  
> like a simple "/opt/some\_path/conf" vs. "/opt/some-path/conf" typo but  
> there's not enough information to say. However, I would have expected  
> either an EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist or the error message about  
> the source of the template not being found for the simple "file not  
> found" cases that I can think of. If chef is spitting back a stock  
> "No such file or directory" then I'm not sure what code path is  
> getting hit without the text of the exception and ideally the backtrace.
> 
> On 11/13/14, 12:46 PM, Ranjib Dey wrote:
> 
> resources are executed at converge time, but they are built  
> (resource collection) during compilation time. to build the  
> template resource u need to read the template file, inject  
> variables and finally in converge tim check if that differs from  
> the existing one and replace it. so the resource building part  
> itself requires the file to be present.
> 
> you dont need template here, you want remote file with file:///  
> \<file:///\\> as source, can you try that?
> 
> hope this help
> 
> ranjib
> 
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Fouts, Chris  
> \<[Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com) [mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com](mailto:Chris.Fouts@sensus.com)\> wrote:
> 
> I thought I understood this, so I’m puzzled that it’s not working  
> the way I think it should work. I have the following simple recipe.
> 
> rpm\_package “Installing RPM” do
> 
> action :install
> 
> package\_name myRPM.rpm
> 
> end
> 
> template “/opt/some\_path/conf/myRPMconfig.xml” do
> 
> source “myRPMconfig.xml.erb”
> 
> end
> 
> I expect both resources to be executed during convergence (run  
> time), correct?
> 
> If so, the rpm\_package should install myRPM.rpm, which creates the  
> /opt/some\_path/conf directory, so when the template resource runs,  
> the directory is already there. However, when I run chef-client, I  
> get an error saying “No such file or directory - /opt/some\_path/conf”
> 
> I know that myRPM.rpm creates the directory because if I install  
> it manually, it does create it.
> 
> Any advise?
> 
> Chris