It would be nice to be able to pass options to elasticsearch_service

[jro]

Eg, In cases we don't wish to have the service enabled but do want the cookbook generated init scripts or when we want to use chef to manage starting/stopping the service.

https://github.com/elastic/cookbook-elasticsearch/blob/master/libraries/provider_service.rb#L64-L67

[martinb3]

Hi there -- so are you mostly looking for toggle flags for enable/disable and start/stop actions on the service? Or are you thinking of other specific options? Cheers.

[jro]

Those toggle flags would solve my issues. I could certainly see the case for providing options around the system limit modifications, but they're fine for my use case.

[martinb3]

I merged #357 in earlier today which should allow you to override the init scripts and specify your own actions when configuring the service (e.g. you could now pass :nothing if you don't want the service enabled, or :start if you want it started, etc). Are there other things that you would like to have as options?

[martinb3]

Options have been added to specify a different init script template, as well as a different set of initial actions to perform:

    # service actions
    attribute(:service_actions, kind_of: [Symbol, Array], default: [ :enable ])

    # allow overridable init script
    attribute(:init_source, kind_of: String, default: 'elasticsearch.init.erb')
    attribute(:init_cookbook, kind_of: String, default: 'elasticsearch')

Please open an issue with additional specific options you are looking for with the service resource. Thank you!