chef-mail-handler cookbook

This is a wrapper cookbook to setup and run the chef-mail-handler gem with pull requests from:

• aaronblyth
• trobock

This manually installs the mail handler. If the maintainers update the gem, I'll change the recipe to use the chef_gem. Also, if either pull requests mentioned above do not want their changes included here I will remove them.

In addtion, I've added custom hostname support.

Requirements

This has been tested on centos and amazon.

• chef-client cookbook
• chef-handler cookbook

Usage

1. Set the node[:mail_handler][:to_address] attribute.
2. Run the default recipe early on in your chef run (preferably right after the chef-client cookbook).

Attributes

name	description	type	default
:to_address	email address to send to.	string, array	root
:from_address	email address to send from.	string	chef-client@node.fqdn
:send_statuses	which statuses to trigger email	string, array	["Successful", "Failed"]
:hostname	a custom hostname	string	node.fqdn
:enable	enable handler	bool	true
:via	Type of transport to send email	string	nil
:via_options	Transport's options	hash	nil

Recipes

default - adds the necessary files and runs the chef-handler lwrp.

Author

Author:: Table XI (sysadmins@tablexi.com)