Ultimate Config Cookbook for CHEF

Ultimate Config Cookbook @ CHEF Supermarket

Supported formats:

• INI
• JSON
• YAML
• TOML
• Java Properties
• Plist

Install

Knife

knife cookbook site install ultimate_config_cookbook

knife cookbook site download ultimate_config_cookbook

Policyfile

cookbook 'ultimate_config_cookbook', '~> 0.1.0', :supermarket

Berkshelf/Librarian

cookbook 'ultimate_config_cookbook', '~> 0.1.0'

Example

Datasource

Use attributes or Hash for your config. For INI files use first level for section name and 2nd level for key=value.

Attributes example

default['config1']['section1']['prop1'] = 'val1'
default['config1']['section1']['prop2'] = 'val2'
default['config1']['section2']['prop3'] = 'val3'

Hash example

config = {
  'section1' => {
    'prop1' => 'val1',
    'prop2' => 'val2'
  },
  'section2' => {
    'prop3' => 'val3'
  }
}

Recipe

properties:

• file_content - config hash, can be a reference to attribute or just Hash, for ini the use the fist level for sections.
• action - supported actions:
  • create
  • edit
  • create_or_edit
  • delete
  • replace

INI Example

ini_file '/tmp/4.ini' do
  file_content node.default['config1']
  action :create
end

JSON Example

json_file '/tmp/4.json' do
  file_content node.default['config1']
  action :create
end

YAML Example

yaml_file '/tmp/4.yaml' do
  file_content node.default['config1']
  action :create
end

TOML Example

toml_file '/tmp/4.toml' do
  file_content node.default['config1']
  action :create
end

Java Properties Example

properties_file '/tmp/4.properties' do
  file_content node.default['config1']
  action :create
end

Plist Example

Plist config example

plist_config = {
  "first_key" => "val1",
  "int" => 1,
  "float" => 1.2343,
  "boolean" => true,
  "time" => Time.now,
  "date" => Date.today,
  "datetime" => DateTime.now,
  "strings" => ["a", "b", "c"],
  "ints" => [1,2,3],
  "hashes" => [{:a => "a"}, {:b => "b"}, {:c => "c"}]
}

Plist execute example

plist_file '/tmp/4.plist' do
  file_content plist_config
  action :create
end

Changelog

• 0.1.7 - Plist
• 0.1.6 - Java Properties Support
• 0.1.4 - TOML Support
• 0.1.3 - YAML Support

License and Authors

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright:: 2017, Garry Lachman
https://github.com/garrylachman/chef-ultimate-config-cookbook

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