Ndtyjky

I'm trying to use server roles to add data into a template. I tried a couple of methods and can't seem to get it to work.

Here is the role code block.

ruby_block 'get_main_role_attr' do

block do

  require 'mixlib/shellout'

  rolecmd = Mixlib::ShellOut.new("cat /var/chef/role | cut -d',' -f 1 | cut -c2-")

  rolecmd.run_command

  rolecmd.error!

  node.normal['mainrole'] = rolecmd.stdout

 end

end



template "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" do

  source "ssh/sshd_config.erb"

  owner "root"

  group "root"

  mode "0600"

  action :create

  variables(

    :allowed_users_team1 => "AllowUsers user1 user2 user3",

    ) if node['mainrole'] == "role1"

  notifies :restart, "service[sshd]", :immediately

  variables(

    :allowed_users_team2 => "AllowUsers user4 user5 user6",

    ) if node['mainrole'] == "role2" || node['mainrole'] ==  "role3" || node['mainrole'] == "role4"

  notifies :restart, "service[sshd]", :immediately

end

Method 1

variables(

    :allowed_users => "AllowUsers user1 user2",

    ) if node['mainrole'] == "role1" || node['mainrole'] ==  "role2" ||    node['mainrole'] == "role3"

notifies :restart, "service[sshd]", :immediately

Method 2

variables(

   :allowed_users => "AllowUsers user1 user2",

   ) if node['mainrole'] == "role1" || "role2" || "role3"

notifies :restart, "service[sshd]", :immediately

Method 3

variables(

   :allowed_users_bidder => "AllowUsers user1 user2",

) if node['roles'].any? {|r| %w{role1 role2 role3}.include?(r)}

notifies :restart, "service[sshd]", :immediately

Let me knwo what I'm doign wrong please.. Thank you for the help

Thx

Chef client run is divided into 2 parts: compile and converge. In the first stage Chef creates a collection of resources that should be applied on the node and in the second stage it applies the changes. More on it on the Chef docs

You are assigning node.normal['mainrole'] in converge state, but you check the values (node['mainrole'] == "role1") in compile stage, which is before that.

You need to either move assigning to compile state or move checks into converge state.
One of the examples how to move checks into converge state is to use not_if or only_if. You will need 2 template resources in this case:

template "/etc/ssh/sshd_config for 1,2,3" do

  path "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"

  source "ssh/sshd_config.erb"

  owner "root"

  group "root"

  mode "0600"

  action :create

  variables(:allowed_users_team1 => "AllowUsers user1 user2 user3")

  only_if { node['mainrole'] == "role1" }

  notifies :restart, "service[sshd]", :immediately

end



template "/etc/ssh/sshd_config for 4,5,6" do

  path "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"

  source "ssh/sshd_config.erb"

  owner "root"

  group "root"

  mode "0600"

  action :create

  variables(:allowed_users_team2 => "AllowUsers user4 user5 user6")

  only_if { %w[role2 role3 role4].include? node['mainrole'] }

  notifies :restart, "service[sshd]", :immediately

end

Another way is to move the logic inside the template itself and pass 2 different variables:

  variables(:allowed_users_team2 => "AllowUsers user4 user5 user6",

    :allowed_users_team1 => "AllowUsers user1 user2 user3",

    :mainrole => node['mainrole'])