Rails: assets:precompile

[ajgon]

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[cickes]

Unable to override assets_precompile. Thoughts?

Including the following custom json in layer settings

{
  "app-being-deployed-shortname":  
   {
      "framework": {
        "assets_precompile": false
      }
    }
}

This is not overriding the default "true". In turn, I receive the following error.

================================================================================
Error executing action `run` on resource 'execute[assets:precompile]'
================================================================================
 
Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
------------------------------------
Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
---- Begin output of /usr/local/bin/bundle exec rake assets:precompile ----
STDOUT: 
STDERR: rake aborted!
Don't know how to build task 'assets:precompile' (see --tasks)

[ajgon]

Which framework do you use? Rails?

[cickes]

Yes, Rails framework. I did not specify this in any attributes though. Did I miss something? Should "rails" replace "framework" in the custom json?

[ajgon]

No, your JSON is correct, I'll try to debug this issue today and let you know what's going on...

[ajgon]

Ok, I tried to reproduce your error, but with no luck. I also added tests to cover up this case - no luck either. Can you paste me a full Stack JSON you are using (with sensitive data redacted)?

[cickes]

{
  "appname": {
    "framework": {
      "assets_precompile": false
    }
  },
  "applications": ["appname"] 
}

Very basic install, essentially testing. Using Rails API, if that matters. Obviously API version does not include asset precompilation which is why I'm trying to skip the command.
rails new appname --api

[ajgon]

Ok, I nailed the issue - something changed in Chef API (again). I know how to fix it, but it's bigger issue, so I'll fix it on weekend.

Thanks for catching this!

[ajgon]

Ok, I don't know how I didn't notice it... but we were missing the 'deploy' keyword in the Stack JSON 😊 Because that was the original format of Chef 11 Stack for Amazon.

So, your config should state:

{
  "deploy": {
    "appname": {
      "framework": {
        "assets_precompile": false
      }
    },
    "applications": ["appname"] 
  }
}

and everything would work as expected. However, I need to fix the JSON Generator tool.