Option to restart jenkins when openjdk package is updated

[iancward]

Cookbook version

v5.0.3

Chef-client version

12.14.89

Platform Details

RHEL6

Scenario:

I'm using both the java and master recipe (with package installation method). If the java/openjdk package is updated, jenkins doesn't really handle it well.

Steps to Reproduce:

• Deploy Jenkins, using this cookbook's java recipe and the master recipe with the package install method
• Update java/openjdk package (might need to wait for an update to be available--that shouldn't take long :stuck_out_tongue:)
• Fully test jenkins
• Experience java issue (in our case, we were trying to edit a job in the console and got a missing file error)

Expected Result:

• It would be nice to have a mechanism or means to have this cookbook restart jenkins when the java package is updated

Actual Result:

• We encounter a java error

Proposed Solution

I think if the conditionals here were moved inside of the resource, it would be relatively straightforward to set up a subscribes from the master role that bumps the jenkins service if the package is updated.

[bby-bishopclark]

If you're installing Jenkins and OpenJDK from packages, your best bet is probably a trigger package to cause that update in response to the new OpenJDK installation. Then you're covered no matter how that update happens.

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