Client Search not returning properly

[behemphi]

I am using the following pattern for identifying nodes and it works a charm:

result_set = chef.Search('node', q="name:test*")
for result in result_set:
    node = chef.Node(result["name"])
    print node

Executing this works as expected. I get an object for each result.

I then attempt to apply this to clients:

result_set = chef.Search('client', q="name:test*")
for result in result_set:
    client = chef.Client(result["name"])
    print client

no result is shown on the screen, however I can verify there are three clients that should be present.

I will also mention here that there is nothing in the documentation about the Client object, I sort of guessed it would be there then read the code.

I am not handy enough with Python to find the bug, though I have tried.

Thanks
Boyd Hemphill

[coderanger]

Two things

1. Does that query work in knife? (knife search client 'name:test*')
2. Any reason you aren't using result.object?

[behemphi]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you.

In answer to 1
Surprising only sort of. As seen below the knife search client 'name:staging*' is a valid command but the result returned is unexpected. According to the doc (http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Search) it should work (see the table at the top)

I reported this to Opscode.

Here is a session:

boyd@kitchen:/opt/feedmagnet 03:05:16 > knife search node "name:staging*"
2 items found

Node Name:   staging
Environment: QA
FQDN:        staging
IP:          50.57.66.212
Run List:    role[deployment-host]
Roles:       deployment-host
Recipes      chef-client::config, chef-client::delete_validation, base, mysql, python, console-server, revealcloud, ntp
Platform:    ubuntu 10.04

Node Name:   stagingutil
Environment: QA
FQDN:        stagingutil
IP:          50.57.65.178
Run List:    role[magnet-host]
Roles:       magnet-host
Recipes      chef-client::config, chef-client::delete_validation, base, magnet-server, revealcloud, ntp
Platform:    ubuntu 10.04

boyd@kitchen:/opt/feedmagnet 03:06:34 > knife search client "*:*" | grep staging
name:        stagingutil
name:        staging
boyd@kitchen:/opt/feedmagnet 03:06:56 > knife search client "name:staging*"
0 items found

Regarding 2
I think this is simply me still wrapping my head around Python. WHen I look at base.from_search I see that it is returning an object. However when I tried to work with the object I encountered errors I could not reconcile. When I got the name of the thing and then acquired the object (as above) all was happy.

If you have a code snippet handy to demonstrate what you are talking about, I would certainly appreciate it.

Thank you for your time Noah.

[coderanger]

Is this against your own chef-server or Hosted Chef? If it is your own, double check that chef-expander is running. Also try running a full reindex using knife.

As for a code sample, this should be equivalent to the above:

for result in chef.Search('client', q="name:test*"):
    print result.object

[coderanger]

Regardless this doesn't sound like a PyChef issue if knife is showing the same anomalous results.

[behemphi]

Noah:

Thanks for the quick reply.

THe problem was against hosted chef. I did file a support ticket last
night at the same time I do agree this is a chef issue not a PyChef issue
and I am sorry for the trouble.

Boyd

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Noah Kantrowitz <
reply@reply.github.com

wrote:

Regardless this doesn't sound like a PyChef issue if knife is showing the
same anomalous results.

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Boyd Hemphill
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