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Leo
Leo

Reputation: 4437

OpsWorks (Chef) before_symlink callback not working

I am trying to add a before_symlink callback to a custom deploy Chef recipe, for use on AWS OpsWorks. I’m using the Chef 11 setup, so Amazon’s own receipes take care of 95% of what’s going on.

I’m getting a Recipe Compile Error:

NoMethodError
-------------
No resource or method named `before_symlink' for `Chef::Recipe "deploy"'

I am still learning Chef so I’m not clear what’s causing this. I’ve called include_recipe 'deploy' at the beginning of the custom recipe, and Amazon’s own custom deploy recipe seems to work similarly.

Here’s my recipe:

include_recipe 'deploy'

node[:deploy].each do |application, deploy|

  if (deploy[:application_type] != 'rails') || (application != 'backscratchers')
    Chef::Log.debug("Skipping deploy::rails application #{application} as it is not a Rails app")
    next
  end

  before_symlink do
    directory "#{release_path}/tmp" do
      mode 0770
    end
  end

end

Upvotes: 1

Views: 209

Answers (1)

coderanger
coderanger

Reputation: 54191

The before_symlink block has to actually go inside deploy or deploy_revision recipe. It is unrelated to Amazon's deploy cookbook/recipe.

That said, I don't not recommend using the deploy resource anymore as it is overcomplicated for most needs. Check out https://github.com/poise/application_examples/ for examples of a more Chef-style application deployment.

Upvotes: 1

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