unicorn::rails recipe is run before deploy directory is created, causing setup to fail

[ajsharp]

The unicorn::rails recipe, which includes the nginx recipe, is being run as part of the setup phase. The effect of this is that the "shared" directory is trying to be created before it's parent, which is causing a failure. Here's the console output:

[2015-03-23T18:39:53+00:00] INFO: Processing directory[/srv/www/APPNAME/shared] action create (unicorn::rails line 3)

================================================================================
Error executing action `create` on resource 'directory[/srv/www/APPNAME/shared]'
================================================================================

Errno::ENOENT
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No such file or directory - /srv/www/APPNAME

Resource Declaration:
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# In /var/lib/aws/opsworks/cache.stage2/cookbooks/deploy/definitions/opsworks_deploy_dir.rb

3:   directory "#{params[:path]}/shared" do
4:     group params[:group]
5:     owner params[:user]
6:     mode 0770
7:     action :create
8:     recursive true
9:   end
10: 

Compiled Resource:
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# Declared in /var/lib/aws/opsworks/cache.stage2/cookbooks/deploy/definitions/opsworks_deploy_dir.rb:3:in `block in from_file'

directory("/srv/www/APPNAME/shared") do
params {:user=>"deploy", :group=>"www-data", :path=>"/srv/www/APPNAME", :name=>nil}
provider Chef::Provider::Directory
action [:create]
retries 0
retry_delay 2
path "/srv/www/APPNAME/shared"
recursive true
cookbook_name "unicorn"
recipe_name "rails"
mode 504
owner "deploy"
group "www-data"
end

[ajsharp]

I should add that I am trying to launch an instance from an AMI that was generated from this cookbook. I performed the suggested steps from the amazon guide on creating an AMI from an opsworks instance. It is rails / unicorn, ruby 2.1. I suspect the problem may be related to the recipes that run when an instance is shut down: deploy::rails-undeploy, opsworks_shutdown::default, nginx:stop.

[kalinchuk]

@ajsharp So how did you solve this?

[ajsharp]

Unfortunately I don't remember :(

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• Alex Sharp

[codegardenllc]

Just in case someone runs into this, here is what I did: I added a custom JSON with the following:

{
  "deploy" : { 
    "app_name" : { 
      "deploy_to" : "/mnt/srv/www/app_name" 
    }
  }
}