Description

Installs the version of lockrun from https://raw.github.com/pushcx/lockrun/master/lockrun.c

Requirements

• build-essential

Attributes

• node['lockrun']['prefix'] - Installation directory prefix, defaults to '/usr/local/bin'
• node['lockrun']['owner'] - Owner of lockrun program, defaults to 'root'
• node['lockrun']['lockfile_dir'] - Lockfile directory, defaults to '/var/lock'

Usage

Add the desired recipes to the run list of a node, or create a role. Adjust any attributes as desired. For example, to create a basic role for workers that require lockrun:

% cat roles/worker.rb
name "worker"
description "Systems that run periodic tasks that should not overlap"
run_list(
  "recipe[lockrun]"
)
default_attributes(
  "lockrun" => {
    "owner" => "workman"
  }
)