Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist: Parent directory

[John Riker]

Though I believe I have the correct directory setup, I continue to get the error above

The directory file structure I have is

C:\Users\threezerous\cookbooks

C:\Users\threezerous\cookbooks\basic

C:\Users\threezerous\cookbooks\basic\attributes

C:\Users\threezerous\cookbooks\basic\recipes

C:\Users\threezerous\cookbooks\basic\templates

C:\Users\threezerous\cookbooks\basic\templates\default

I have a template defined in recipes(C:\Users\threezerous\cookbooks\basic\recipes\default.rb) as

template "createfile" do

  path "/users/threezerous/cookbooks/basic/templates/default"

  source "createfile.erb"

  owner "root"

  group "root"

  mode "0644"

end

and I am trying to create a file through the C:\Users\threezerous\cookbooks\basic\templates\default\createfile.erb as

# Just create a file

file "/tmp/from_template_test" do

  action :create_if_missing

  mode    0644

  content "success"

end

One of the google forums suggested I may have an older version of repo and suggested to run git log inside the local copy of this chef_solo repo. However, I am not very clear where would I find the version of the repository or where I should be running this command.

Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Mike]

Hi John,

In this section:

template "createfile" do
path "/users/threezerous/cookbooks/basic/templates/default"
source "createfile.erb"
owner "root"
group "root"
mode "0644"
end

try removing the `path` and `source` altogether, rather in the
`template` title, point to the actual file contexts you'd want, like
so:

template "/tmp/createfile" do

owner "root"
group "root"
mode "0644"
end

And the contents of the createfile.erb should be the thing you want to
exist, not further Chef statements:
C:\Users\threezerous\cookbooks\basic\templates\default\createfile.erb:

<%= node.name %> is my name, and Chef is my game.


After a Chef run, the `/tmp/createfile` should contain the node's name
replaced in the string.

You might want to run through the NTP use case on learnchef.com - it
uses a templating example. Somewhat less confusing than reading the
'template' docs -
http://docs.opscode.com/essentials_cookbook_templates.html

-M

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[John Riker]

Thanks for the response. I was able to successfully run  the template example you provided. Let me go through the link you provided for learnchef to see if I can create a file based on a template. Much appreciated.