chef ordering

gistfile1.txt

  # somewhere above; like in a template definition
  notifies :restart, resources(:service => "redis-server")

# later on in the same recipe
service "redis-server" do
  supports :start => true, :stop => true, :restart => true, :"force-reload" => true
  action [ :enable, :start ]
end

we get an error that says something about the 'redis-server' service not yet defined (as it is referenced in the template).

However, if we define the service above the template; then the service tries to start w/o being configured.