Chef custom resource property not found

Question

I have a chef custom resource myresource.rb

resource_name :myresource
property :artifact_id, String
property :group_id, String

action :create do
  Chef::Log.info("Package #{artifact_id} Group #{group_id}")
end

and i call it from coobook like this.

myresource 'myresource' do
  artifact_id "artefict"
  group_id "group"
end

but i get following error on that logging:

NameError: undefined local variable or method `artifact_id'

Any idea what might be wrong? I have also tried:

Chef::Log.info("Package #{:artifact_id} Group #{:group_id}")

Though this does not throw an error, it outputs:

Package artifact_id Group group_id

which is not correct.

Matúš Zábojník Matúš Zábojník · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-21T07:21:08

I solved it. Since Chef version 14, you have to refer to property with resource.property_name, not just property_name. I was a bit confused before, as they were using both types in Chef Custom Resource Docs, probably they didn't update the entire documentation with the new approach yet.

Chef custom resource property not found

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