Im runing this simple recipe block to create a web app in IIS
powershell_script "create_site_my_site" do
code "New-webapppool -name 'My_Web_App'; New-Website -Name 'My_Web_App' -applicationpool 'My_Web_App' -Port '80' -IPAddress * -PhysicalPath 'c:\webs\My_Web_App' "
action :run
not_if "get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }"
end
The problem here its that the NOT_IF part its allways True
PS C:\Users\carlos>
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'asdfasdfasdf' }
PS C:\Users\carlos> echo $lastexitcode
1
PS C:\Users\carlos> get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }
Name ID State Physical Path Bindings
---- -- ----- ------------- --------
My_Web_App 6 Stopped c:\webs\My_Web_App http *:80:
https *:443:
PS C:\Users\carlos.camacho> echo $lastexitcode
1
Now, my question is about how to return True or False in the NOT_IF
depending on my code return value ??
You should take advantage of the powershell_out resource from the windows cookbook.
With that you may check the error of a command or not ot if the output is empty.
In your case this should do:
only_if powershell_out("get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }").stdout.empty?
powershell_script "create_site_my_site" do
guard_interpreter :powershell_script
code "New-webapppool -name 'My_Web_App'; New-Website -Name 'My_Web_App' -applicationpool 'My_Web_App' -Port '80' -IPAddress * -PhysicalPath 'c:\webs\My_Web_App' "
action :run
not_if "get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }"
end
You need to specify guard_interpreter :powershell_script
. Be aware of CHEF-1943 and make sure guard_interpreter is before the guard and do not put the guard in a block.
powershell_script documentation
An excellent reference on the Chef powershell provider is this video.
Simply using the IIS cookbook is another option.
I think this is because you're not telling the not_if
guard to use the powershell_script
interperter.
Does this work?
powershell_script "create_site_my_site" do
code "New-webapppool -name 'My_Web_App'; New-Website -Name 'My_Web_App' -applicationpool 'My_Web_App' -Port '80' -IPAddress * -PhysicalPath 'c:\webs\My_Web_App' "
action :run
not_if "$(get-website | where-object { $_.name -eq 'My_Web_App' }).count -gt 0"
guard_interpreter :powershell_script
end