Including a Chef LWRP from another cookbook

chef-infra lwrp
Michael van Rooijen picture Michael van Rooijen · Jun 26, 2013 · Viewed 9.7k times · Source

I wrote a small LWRP my app cookbook (trim_log), and it works. However, now I am trying to move this particular LWRP in to the commons cookbook so that my other cookbooks can also use it. The problem is that I cannot figure out how to load in the trim_log resource/provider in to any of the cookbooks, including my app cookbook.

├── app
│   ├── recipes
│       └── default.rb
├── commons
   ├── providers
   │   └── trim_log.rb
   └── resources
       └── trim_log.rb

I have defined the trim_log provider/resource in the commons cookbook. Now I wish to use this trim_log provider/resource in the app cookbook. How can I make it available there?

Answer

Emil Sit picture Emil Sit · Jun 26, 2013

I believe you need to:

  • Declare in the app/metadata.rb that you depend on the commons cookbook.
  • Refer to the resource as commons_trim_log in app/recipes/default.rb.

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