Importing Mysql database using Ruby/Chef Recipe for Vagrant

Question

I am writing a chef script to automate setting dev environments. I can get a database created and grant privileges but I am trying to find out a way to import a mysql dump file

Answer 1

If it's a file path error, and you're using chef solo, try using the path specified within solo.rb, like:

/tmp/chef-solo/site-cookbooks/path_to_file.sql

As a general note, consider using the database cookbook for mysql user and database management tasks. Once you setup the necessary cookbook dependencies, you can put code like this into your main recipe's default.rb:

# externalize conection info in a ruby hash
mysql_connection_info = {
  :host => "localhost",
  :username => 'root',
  :password => node['mysql']['server_root_password']
}

# drop if exists, then create a mysql database named DB_NAME
mysql_database 'DB_NAME' do
  connection mysql_connection_info
  action [:drop, :create]
end

# query a database from a sql script on disk
mysql_database "DB_NAME" do
  connection mysql_connection_info
  sql { ::File.open("/tmp/chef-solo/site-cookbooks/main/path/to/sql_script.sql").read }
  action :query
end

#or import from a dump file
mysql_database "DB_NAME" do
  connection mysql_connection_info
  sql "source /tmp/chef-solo/site-cookbooks/main/path/to/sql_dump.sql;"
end

Haven't tested that last one because storing a database file within the chef directory really slows things down.

See also: Import SQL file into mysql