consul_definition doesn't allow lazy evaluation

[Jason Scholl]

consul_definition serializes to JSON, then writes the serialized content out with a file resource's content attribute. The serialization process makes it impossible to use chef's lazy evaluator within the parameters.

Here is a simple example.

consul_definition "test" do
  type "service"
  parameters tags: 'testing123'
end

results in a config file like this.

{
  "service": {
    "tags": "testing123",
    "name": "test"
  }
}

If, however you try to use the lazy evaluator...

consul_definition "test" do
  type "service"
  parameters tags: lazy { 'testing123' }
end

the lazy evaluator gets serialized instead of called.

{
  "service": {
    "tags": "#<Chef::DelayedEvaluator:0x000000058b7040@/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/test/recipes/default.rb:3>",
    "name": "test"
  }
}

[Miika Kankare]

I'm currently creating the files through templates directly, but it would be nice to have lazy evaluation available.

[Dan Webb]

Closing due to inactivity.

If this is still an issue please reopen or open another issue. Alternatively drop by the #sous-chefs channel on the Chef Community Slack and we'll be happy to help!

Thanks,
Sous-Chefs

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