Chef Client Module

Chef is an automation and provisioning software. This module allows you to use the chef-client to run your recipes and cookbooks.

If chef-client is not installed on the machine, this module will attempt to install it for you.

• Properties
• Paint
• Erase

Properties

Key	Type	Description	Values
path	string	This is the path to where your cookbook or recipes are located	-
arguments	string	[Optional] Specify an additional arguments you wish to use when running chef-client	-
cookbook	string	[Optional] The name of the cookbook you wish you run	-
runList	string array	[Optional] (Only if you pass a cookbook name) This is the names of the recipes within your cookbook, the order passed will be the order they are run	[Default] default
recipes	string array	[Optional] (Only if you didn't pass a cookbook) This is the file names of the recipes to run. The order passed will be the order they are run	-

Paint

Cookbook Run Order in Palette

The following is an example of using chef-client with a cookbook in a paint section. This example will specify the recipe run order within the palette:

{
    "paint": [
        {
            "type": "chef-client",
            "path": "C:\\path\\to\\cookbook",
            "cookbook": "dev",
            "runList": [
                "web",
                "sql"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

The above will call chef-client on the dev cookbook, running the recipes in the order of web->sql.

Cookbook Run Order in Default Recipe

The following is an example of using chef-client with a cookbook in a paint section. This example will specify the recipe run order in the default recipe, meaning we don't need to pass a runList:

{
    "paint": [
        {
            "type": "chef-client",
            "path": "C:\\path\\to\\cookbook",
            "cookbook": "dev"
        }
    ]
}

The above will call chef-client on the dev cookbook, running the default recipe.

Direct Recipes Run Order

The following is an example of using chef-client in a paint section, passing in the recipe files explicitly:

{
    "paint": [
        {
            "type": "chef-client",
            "path": "C:\\path\\to\\cookbook",
            "recipes": [
                "web.rb",
                "sql.rb"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

The above will call chef-client running the web.rb and sql.rb recipes.

Erase

The erase section will be identical to the paint section.