Chef attributes "no implicit conversion of String into Integer"
I'm writing a chef recipe which simply creates a database config file, but I'm stumped simply access the attributes. I have a few PHP applications being deployed to each instance, and OpsWorks uses the same recipes for everyone, so I have a few different settings in the attributes file.
attributes/database-settings.rb
# API
default[:api][:path] = 'app/config/database.php';
default[:api][:host] = 'test';
default[:api][:database] = 'test';
default[:api][:username] = 'test';
default[:api][:password] = 'test';
recipes/database-settings.rb
Chef::Log.info("Database settings!");
node[:deploy].each do |application, deploy|
if node.has_key?(application)
Chef::Log.info("Application: #{application}");
path = node["api"]["path"]; # ERROR HAPPENING HERE
Chef::Log.info("Path: #{path}");
template path do
source "database.erb"
mode 0440
variables({
:host => node["api"]["host"],
:database => node["api"]["database"],
:username => node["api"]["username"],
:password => node["api"]["password"]
})
end
end
end
The error I'm getting is no implicit conversion of String into Integer. I've tried creating and accessing the settings in every way I can think of, such as...
node[:api][:path] # no implicit conversion of Symbol into Integer
node['api']['path'] # no implicit conversion of String into Integer
node[:api].path # undefined method `path' for #<Chef::Node::ImmutableArray:0x007fa4a71086e8>
node[application][:path] # no implicit conversion of Symbol into Integer
I'm sure there's something very obvious I'm doing wrong here, but I've tried everything I can think of an I just can't seem to find any way of getting this to work?! Ideally I'd like to use a variable where I can "api", but using an if/else wouldn't be too terrible for 3 apps...
Answer
That is a common error seen when you try to access an object thinking it is a hash, but is actually an array. In fact, from one of your errors, it can be read that node["api"] is a Chef::Node::ImmutableArray.