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A cookbook is the fundamental unit of configuration and policy distribution in Chef.

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Chef Ruby loop over attributes in an .erb template file

So this might be a little confusing but bear with me. In short I want to loop over all attributes with a certain key value and then insert them into a template if the values are not empty. Here is my code: ATTRIBUTES: # === Default file…
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Modifying php.ini setting with chef php cookbook

I have installed the PHP Cookbook from opscode and the chef-dotdeb cookbook found at chef-dotdeb so that I can run PHP 5.4 in the vagrant box. I would like to modify some of the default php.ini settings. According to the documentation for the chef…
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Unable to use jenkins cli using ssh protocol via a chef cookbook (it works manually)

I am using ssh as protocol to connect to jenkins via cli . The same command is working when run manually , but fails via my cookbook . server # java -jar /opt/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/jenkins-cli.jar -s http://localhost:8181/ -ssh -user update -i…
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Unable to find Cookbooks in local-mode with chef-client

I am new to Chef and following a tutorial which is providing information on running a default recipe inside a cookbook or a specific recipe. The tree output for my Cookbook is as follows: pwd /opt/dk-chef/python_code/Chef [root@LUMOS Chef]# tree…
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chef - using recipes from same cookbook

I have cookbook base and cookbook myapp base has 2 recipes - my_java and java_with_custom_stuff in java_with_custom_stuff I want to use the recipe for my_java (same cookbook). something like include_recipe 'my_java' bash 'custom stuff'…
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How to use library module in Cookbook recipes

In a cookbook I have a library(client_helper.rb). A module is defined inside it. Module name is Client_helper. Here is the module code. module Client_helper # This module contains helper methods def network_zone Chef::Log.debug('network…
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Chef-Client tries to install Java on Windows but it is already installed

I'm new to Chef and want to install Java on a windows machine with it. There is a ready-to-use Java cookbook I'm using. So I wrote a wrapper cookbook, as mentioned in another question here. I added the java-cookbook-dependencies and used the…
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Install mysql cookbook with Vagrant and Chef Solo

I'm having a really hard time figuring out how to install mysql cookbook (https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/mysql) I've followed the instructions, but it's the first time i use Vagrant and Chef, and I keep getting stuck while installing the…
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test-kitchen won't reference local cookbooks

I'm trying to test a cookbook that depends on three other local cookbooks. My directory structure looks like this: /cookbooks/ cookbook_test/ recipes templates metadata.rb cookbook_dep1/ cookbook_dep2/ cookbook_dep3/ My…
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chef cookbook fails on ohai undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

I'm working on a chef cookbook to set up a vanilla ubuntu 12.04.2 with nginx postgresql and unicorn on my vagrant box, but I'm getting into troubles with nginx, there's an exception undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass when installing it that…
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Chef does non sequential recipe execution

I followed tutorial http://gettingstartedwithchef.com/, chapter 1. My run list is "run_list": [ "recipe[apt]", "recipe[phpap]" ] My default recipe of phpap cookbook include_recipe "apache2" include_recipe "build-essential" include_recipe…
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Nginx cookbook v 2.0.0: Cookbook http_gzip_static_module not found

I'm using berkshelf to manage cookbooks, chef 11.6.2, and nginx cookbook v 2.0.0 my settings to compile nginx from source: set[:nginx][:source][:modules] = ["http_gzip_static_module", "http_ssl_module"] The provisioning gives me the error: Cookbook…
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Installing a gem after native extension packages during chef execution

I am trying to install the fog gem in a chef recipe though the gem installation occurs before the native packages are being installed so the gem installation fails package "libxslt-dev" package "libxml2-dev" chef_gem "fog" This is the output [Thu,…
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Vagrant - how to print Chef's command output to stdout?

If we have in Chef cookbook code like: if !File.exists?('/vagrant/project/target/project/WEB-INF") || node[:compile_project] bash "build project" do user "vagrant" cwd "/vagrant/project" code <<-EOH mvn clean mvn…
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ERROR: undefined method `python' for #

I am newbie to chef. I try install python by chef into Amazon EC2. I made a node in chef-repo/nodes folder something as mynode.com.json I have a run_list in mynode.com.json: "run_list": [ "recipe[python]" ], Then I call: "knife solo cook…
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