chef_vault_secret Resource

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Use the chef_vault_secret resource to store secrets in Chef Vault items. Where possible and relevant, this resource attempts to map behavior and functionality to the knife vault sub-commands.

New in Chef Infra Client 16.0.

Syntax

The full syntax for all of the properties that are available to the chef_vault_secret resource is:

chef_vault_secret 'name' do
  admins           String, Array
  clients          String, Array
  data_bag         String
  environment      String
  id               String # default value: 'name' unless specified
  raw_data         Hash, Mash (Hash-like) # default value: {}
  search           String # default value: "*:*"
  action           Symbol # defaults to :create if not specified
end

where:

chef_vault_secret is the resource.
name is the name given to the resource block.
action identifies which steps Chef Infra Client will take to bring the node into the desired state.
admins, clients, data_bag, environment, id, raw_data, and search are the properties available to this resource.

Actions

The chef_vault_secret resource has the following actions:

:create: Creates the item, or updates it if it already exists. (default)
:create_if_missing: Calls the create action unless it exists.
:delete: Deletes the item and the item’s keys (‘id’_keys).
: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_vault_secret resource has the following properties:

admins

Ruby Type: String, Array | REQUIRED

A list of admin users who should have access to the item. Corresponds to the ‘admin’ option when using the chef-vault knife plugin. Can be specified as a comma separated string or an array.

clients

Ruby Type: String, Array

A search query for the nodes’ API clients that should have access to the item.

data_bag

Ruby Type: String | REQUIRED

The data bag that contains the item.

environment

Ruby Type: String

The Chef environment of the data if storing per environment values.

id

Ruby Type: String | Default Value: The resource block's name

The name of the data bag item if it differs from the name of the resource block

raw_data

Ruby Type: Hash, Mash (Hash-like) | Default Value: {}

The raw data, as a Ruby Hash, that will be stored in the item.

search

Ruby Type: String | Default Value: *:*

Search query that would match the same used for the clients, gets stored as a field in the item.

Common Resource Functionality

Chef resources include common properties, notifications, and resource guards.

Common Properties

The following properties are common to every resource:

compile_time

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: false

Control the phase during which the resource is run on the node. Set to true to run while the resource collection is being built (the compile phase). Set to false to run while Chef Infra Client is configuring the node (the converge phase).

ignore_failure

Ruby Type: true, false, :quiet | Default Value: false

Continue running a recipe if a resource fails for any reason. :quiet won’t display the full stack trace and the recipe will continue to run if a resource fails.

retries

Ruby Type: Integer | Default Value: 0

The number of attempts to catch exceptions and retry the resource.

retry_delay

Ruby Type: Integer | Default Value: 2

The delay in seconds between retry attempts.

sensitive

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: false

Ensure that sensitive resource data isn’t logged by Chef Infra Client.

Notifications

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 a notifies 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 the nginx 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 example nginx) 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

Guards

A guard property can be used to evaluate the state of a node during the execution phase of a Chef Infra Client run. Based on the results of this evaluation, a guard property is then used to tell Chef Infra Client if it should continue executing a resource. A guard property accepts either a string value or a Ruby block value:

A string is executed as a shell command. If the command returns 0, the guard is applied. If the command returns any other value, then the guard property isn’t applied. String guards in a powershell_script run Windows PowerShell commands and may return true in addition to 0.
A block is executed as Ruby code that must return either true or false. If the block returns true, the guard property is applied. If the block returns false, the guard property isn’t applied.

A guard property is useful for ensuring that a resource is idempotent by allowing that resource to test for the desired state as it’s being executed, and then if the desired state is present, for Chef Infra Client to don’thing.

Properties

The following properties can be used to define a guard that’s evaluated during the execution phase of a Chef Infra Client run:

not_if: Prevent a resource from executing when the condition returns true.
only_if: Allow a resource to execute only if the condition returns true.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate various approaches for using the chef_vault_secret resource in recipes:

To create a ‘foo’ item in an existing ‘bar’ data bag:

chef_vault_secret 'foo' do
  data_bag 'bar'
  raw_data({ 'auth' => 'baz' })
  admins 'jtimberman'
  search '*:*'
end

To allow multiple admins access to an item:

chef_vault_secret 'root-password' do
  admins 'jtimberman,paulmooring'
  data_bag 'secrets'
  raw_data({ 'auth' => 'DoNotUseThisPasswordForRoot' })
  search '*:*'
end