theforeman/foreman · error · Foreman::Exception

%s is an unknown attribute

Error message

%s is an unknown attribute

What it means

Error "%s is an unknown attribute" thrown in theforeman/foreman.

Source

Thrown at app/models/compute_attribute.rb:28

  serialize :vm_attrs, Hash
  before_save :update_name

  delegate :provider_friendly_name, :to => :compute_resource
  scoped_search :on => [:name], :complete_value => true
  scoped_search :on => :id, :complete_enabled => false, :only_explicit => true, :validator => ScopedSearch::Validators::INTEGER

  scoped_search :relation => :compute_resource, :on => :name, :rename => :compute_resource, :complete_value => true
  scoped_search :relation => :compute_profile, :on => :name, :rename => :compute_profile, :complete_value => true

  def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
    method = method.to_s
    return super if method[-1] == "="
    return super if method == 'vm_attrs'

    if vm_attrs.has_key?(method)
      vm_attrs[method]
    else
      raise Foreman::Exception.new(N_('%s is an unknown attribute'), method)
    end
  end

  def respond_to_missing?(method, include_private = false)
    vm_attrs.has_key?(method.to_s) || super
  end

  def normalized_vm_attrs
    compute_resource.normalize_vm_attrs(vm_attrs)
  end

  def normalized_new_vm_attrs(new_vm_attrs)
    compute_resource.normalize_vm_attrs(new_vm_attrs)
  end

  def vm_interfaces
    attribute_values(compute_resource.interfaces_attrs_name)
  end

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at app/models/compute_attribute.rb:28 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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