Chef cookbook recipe - executing windows batch command - ruby

I need help in writing chef recipes. I have some jobs in Jenkins and they are done by Execute Windows batch command. I have to rewrite this commands to chef recipe but I can't become familiar with writing these recipes... I need some example of this kind of "rewriting".
For instance, this command:
D: && cd D:\[some path] && pc.exe "\\[some folder]" -u "admin" -p [pass] cmd /c "c: && cd C:\some folders]\ && install.bat"
need to be rewrite to chef reciepe.
I can show other commands if it is needed.
I would by grateful to all kind of help

Something along the line:
execute "install" do
command %Q{pc.exe "\\[some folder]" -u "admin" -p [pass] cmd /c "cd /D C:\some folders] && install.bat"}
cwd "d:\[some path]"
end
should do.
Without any insight on what does this command at all, it's hard to give a better advice, as for the placeholders, using attributes should be the way to go, but it's hard to tell without an entry point.
More details in the documentation

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Execute a command (TortoiseHG) through cmd remotely (PsExec)

Basically I want to use PsExec in order to navigate to a specificar folder in a remote computer and performe "hg update branch". I've tried to create the following batch but I'm not able to perform the command:
psexec cmd.exe /c "cd C:\Project\hg update Test"
It's reading as the "hg update Test" was a folder instead of command to be done... I'm tilting over here and this seems like a basic thing :(. How do I pass the "hg update branch" as cmd command through PsExec?
You don't need to change directory, just tell HG what path to operate in:
psexec cmd.exe /c "hg update -R C:\Project\ Test"
The help says:
-R --repository REPO repository root directory ...

Why nohup on execute resource doesn't work - Chef recipe

I'm trying to deploy a django app (dev mode) using chef. The problem is, when execute the recipe the server doesn't kept alive.The command works when I log in, but because it doesn't change the session. Any suggestions are helpful.
execute 'django_run' do
user 'root'
cwd '/var/www/my-app/'
command 'source ./.venv/bin/activate && sudo -E nohup python2 ./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 > /dev/null 2>&1 &'
end
I suspect some weirdness with sudo and & is at-play here. Try to use sudo -b instead of ampersand. Also a better way to do this may be to use the service chef resource instead of execute:
https://docs.chef.io/resources/service/

sudo: command not found while using plink

Hi i have created a batch file (run.bat) that after execution connects me to UNIX server with help of plink. But issue starts from this point i have to execute a script after connection to my server the script contains a command sudo -l. After the execution i get the error as mentioned in subject can anyone help me on this issue ??
Batch File-:
"C:\Program Files\PuTTY" plink -ssh -pw Tos#12Ts w44dvftyw#caa1607UX009.wvd.abcd.net /opt/sieb/w44dvftyw/run.sh
Script file(run.sh) -:
#!/bin/bash
sudo -l
It says
sudo: command not found
But when i run my script normally on UNIX server it runs with no issues. What am i missing here to make it work this way please help.
Scripts such as ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile responsible for setting up the current user's PATH are run only on login shells.
Running sh -c 'somescript' (as performed by ssh host 'somescript') is neither a login shell, nor an interactive shell; thus, it does not gain the benefit of such scripts.
This means that additions to the PATH (in your case, /usr/local/bin) may not be present with commands run in this way.
Among your options:
Pass the PATH you want as part of the command to remotely run. This might look like:
plink -ssh user#host "PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin /opt/sieb/w44dvftyw/run.sh"
Embed a working value in the script you're running:
#!/bin/bash
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
# ...put the rest of your script here.

Applying sudo to some commands in script

I have a bash script that partially needs to be running with default user rights, but there are some parts that involve using sudo (like copying stuff into system folders) I could just run the script with sudo ./script.sh, but that messes up all file access rights, if it involves creating or modifying files in the script.
So, how can I run script using sudo for some commands? Is it possible to ask for sudo password in the beginning (when the script just starts) but still run some lines of the script as a current user?
You could add this to the top of your script:
while ! echo "$PW" | sudo -S -v > /dev/null 2>&1; do
read -s -p "password: " PW
echo
done
That ensures the sudo credentials are cached for 5 minutes. Then you could run the commands that need sudo, and just those, with sudo in front.
Edit: Incorporating mklement0's suggestion from the comments, you can shorten this to:
sudo -v || exit
The original version, which I adapted from a Python snippet I have, might be useful if you want more control over the prompt or the retry logic/limit, but this shorter one is probably what works well for most cases.
Each line of your script is a command line. So, for the lines you want, you can simply put sudo in front of those lines of your script. For example:
#!/bin/sh
ls *.h
sudo cp *.h /usr/include/
echo "done" >>log
Obviously I'm just making stuff up. But, this shows that you can use sudo selectively as part of your script.
Just like using sudo interactively, you will be prompted for your user password if you haven't done so recently.

Windows 7 Task Scheduler BASH Script Fails

In order to use rsync I created a BASH script. It runs fine from the Cygwin shell in WIN 7 but fails when run from the WIN 7 Task Scheduler. My Task Scheduler Script is a simple:
c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -l -c "~user/rsync_Windows_Backup 2>&1 >> ~user/Documents_cron.log"
The initial directory is set to C:\Cygwin\bin.
My BASH script is a typical rsync command with [options] SRC DEST and some related housekeeping.
The rsync command within the "rsync_Windows_Backup" BASH script is:
/bin/time -f "\nElapse (hh:mm:ss.ss) %E" \
rsync.exe -v -rltz --chmod=a=rw,Da+x -u "$SRC" "$DEST" >> "$LOG" \
2 >> "$LOG"
$ ./rsync_Windows_Backup - succeeds.
But the Task Scheduler Job fails carping that it cannot find the DEST Folder that the BASH script references. When I do a "cd DEST" from the BASH command line the Folder is avialable and can be written to.
I should add some more details that the sender is a WIN 7 desktop that is mapped to a Vista desktop receiver with a drive mapping J:. The BASH script does start but fails with:
rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes to socket [sender]: Broken pipe (32)
rsync: mkdir "/cygdrive/J/DocumentsBackup" failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync error: error in file IO (code 11)
I have tried several ideas to influence how WIN 7 handles mappings and permissions assuming this is the root of the problem. So far nothing seems to help.
Another characteristic is that the exact same BASH script and Task Scheduler Job does succeed it WIN Vista Business Edition. So I am assuming there is something in WIN 7 that I am missing.
I am stumped and could use some guidance.
Thanks.
I now have this working in Win 7 from the task scheduler as I need. Thank you to #netubsi and #firerat of LinuxQuestionsorg and #konsolebox for the suggestions that lead to a solution.
Here is what I did:
cmd /c net use T: '\\server\share' # Created a separate temporary share for Cygwin
DEST="/cygdrive/T/User/FolderBackup/" # Use temporary Share in Destination
rsync -avuz --copy-links "$SRC" "$DEST" # Do backup
cmd /c net use T: /delete # Remove temporary share
It appears that in WIN 7 the share created in Windows is NOT available to a Cygwin script, IF it is launced from the Win 7 task scheduler. It IS available if the script is launced from the Cygwin command line. It also appears that this is NOT an issue in Win Vista.
This seems odd to me. Perhaps there is another explanation that I am missing. However I am just relieved to have this working!!
You can also just use the network address directly in cygwin:
DEST="//server/share/User/FolderBackup"
Cygwin mounts local and mapped drives under /cygdrive. Using taskscheduler in win7 if you list the contents of /cygdrive, all you will see are local drives???
First option is to run your script as
c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -l -c "~/rsync_Windows_Backup >> ~/Documents_cron.log 2>&1"
If you want to capture the stderr output as well, you have to place it in front to copy the fd of the file, and not of stdout.
Make sure that rsync_Windows_Backup has executable permissions. Running ls -l ~/rsync_Windows_Backup should show it.
If it doesn't work, try to use absolute paths. On your Cygwin screen where the current direcory shows ~ in the prompt type pwd which would show something like
User#System ~
$ pwd
/home/User
Basing from that as an example your command should now be like:
c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -l -c "/home/User/rsync_Windows_Backup >> /home/User/Documents_cron.log 2>&1"

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