chef_container Resource
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Use the chef_container resource to interact with container objects that exist on the Chef Infra Server.
Syntax
The syntax for using the chef_container resource in a recipe is as follows:
chef_container 'name' do
attribute 'value' # see properties section below
...
action :action # see actions section below
end
where:
chef_container
tells Chef Infra Client to use theChef::Provider::ChefContainer
provider during a Chef Infra Client runname
is the name of the resource blockattribute
is zero (or more) of the properties that are available for this resourceaction
identifies which steps Chef Infra Client will take to bring the node into the desired state
Actions
The chef_container resource has the following actions:
:create
- (default)
:delete
:nothing
- This resource block doesn’t act unless notified by another resource to take action. Once notified, this resource block either runs immediately or is queued up to run at the end of a Chef Infra Client run.
Properties
The chef_container resource has the following properties:
chef_server
The URL for the Chef Infra Server.
ignore_failure
- Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value:
false
Continue running a recipe if a resource fails for any reason.
name
The name of the container.
notifies
- Ruby Type: Symbol, Chef::Resource\[String\]
A resource may notify another resource to take action when its state changes. Specify a
'resource[name]'
, the:action
that resource should take, and then the:timer
for that action. A resource may notify more than one resource; use anotifies
statement for each resource to be notified.If the referenced resource doesn’t exist, an error is raised. In contrast,
subscribes
won’t fail if the source resource isn’t found.A timer specifies the point during a Chef Infra Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:
:before
Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed
Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of a Chef Infra Client run.
:immediate
,:immediately
Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, for each resource notified.
The syntax for
notifies
is:notifies :action, 'resource[name]', :timer
subscribes
- Ruby Type: Symbol, Chef::Resource\[String\]
A resource may listen to another resource, and then take action if the state of the resource being listened to changes. Specify a
'resource[name]'
, the:action
to be taken, and then the:timer
for that action.Note that
subscribes
doesn’t apply the specified action to the resource that it listens to - for example:file '/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt' do mode '0600' owner 'root' end service 'nginx' do subscribes :reload, 'file[/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt]', :immediately end
In this case the
subscribes
property reloads thenginx
service whenever its certificate file, located under/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt
, is updated.subscribes
doesn’t make any changes to the certificate file itself, it merely listens for a change to the file, and executes the:reload
action for its resource (in this examplenginx
) when a change is detected.If the other resource doesn’t exist, the subscription won’t raise an error. Contrast this with the stricter semantics of
notifies
, which will raise an error if the other resource doesn’t exist.A timer specifies the point during a Chef Infra Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:
:before
Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed
Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of a Chef Infra Client run.
:immediate
,:immediately
Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, for each resource notified.
The syntax for
subscribes
is:subscribes :action, 'resource[name]', :timer
Examples
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