[sys] Swapfile defaults to /mnt/ephemeral/swapfile w4131

metadata.json

@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
       "choice": [
 
       ],
-      "default": "/swapfile",
+      "default": "/mnt/ephemeral/swapfile",
       "type": "string",
       "recipes": [
         "sys::setup_swap"
       ],
       "display_name": "Swapfile location",
-      "description": "The location of swap file.  Defaults to '/swapfile'."
+      "description": "The location of swap file.  Defaults to '/mnt/ephemeral/swapfile'."
     },
     "sys/swap_size": {
       "required": "required",

metadata.rb

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 attribute "sys/swap_file",
   :display_name => "Swapfile location",
-  :description => "The location of swap file.  Defaults to '/swapfile'.",
+  :description => "The location of swap file.  Defaults to '/mnt/ephemeral/swapfile'.",
   :type => "string",
-  :default => "/swapfile",
+  :default => "/mnt/ephemeral/swapfile",
   :recipes => [ "sys::setup_swap"]

recipes/setup_swap.rb

@@ -57,10 +57,11 @@ def clean_swap(swap_file)
 
 def create_swap(swap_file, swap_size)
 
-  # Create swapfile, set it as swap, and turn swap on
+  # Make sure swapfile directory exists, create swapfile, set it as swap, and turn swap on
   bash 'create swapfile' do
     not_if { File.exists?(swap_file) }
     code <<-eof
+      mkdir -p `dirname #{swap_file}`
       dd if=/dev/zero of=#{swap_file} bs=1M count=#{swap_size}
       chmod 600 #{swap_file}
       mkswap #{swap_file}