Entry with IP address of 127.0.0.1 does not appear? about hostsfile

[sethvargo]

@mattupstate what version of this cookbook? What does your recipe look like? What is the diff of your /etc/hosts pre and post converge?

[mattupstate]

Version is 2.4.0. Hypothetically, my recipe looks like this:

hosts = {
   'log.org.internal' => '127.0.0.1',
   'api.org.internal' => 'XXX.XXX.XXX.XXXX'
}

hosts.each do |hostname, ipaddress|
  hostsfile_entry hostname do
    ip_address ipaddress
    hostname hostname
    action :create
  end
end

The entry for api.org.internal is entered, but the entry for log.org.internal never gets entered. I'm also not getting a diff from chef-client run. However, I can tell you if I add the entry, manually, with a priority comment to look like other entries, it gets removed upon another chef-client run.

[sethvargo]

I think you need to use append in this case, because 127.0.0.1 already exist.

[mattupstate]

Failed to mention, append does nothing to help. I honestly feel really stupid here...as if I'm just making a bad mistake and wasting your time. I apologize if this ends up being the case!

[sethvargo]

I think you're either:

• Hitting some special edge case with 127.0.0.1

or

• Have something else further in your run that is removing the entry you create.

[mattupstate]

Thanks for the input, I'll see what I can figure out. Thought it could be more obvious. Sorry for wasting your time.