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someara
February 02, 2016
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Hand Crafted Artisinal Chef Resources
Configuration Management Camp
Ghent Belgium
February 2016
someara
February 02, 2016
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Transcript
Hand Crafted Artisanal Chef Resources
Config Management Camp Ghent, Belgium February 2016
Sean OMeara
[email protected]
@someara
whoami
Part 1
Writing library cookbooks An opinionated workflow Step by step
Step 1 - Disregard dogma “Unit tests first” is a
dirty lie https://flic.kr/p/aTSiXF
Step 2 - Make things up Then work backwards https://flic.kr/p/dXkQ5s
Contrived examples are the best examples
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Place this off to the side, we will come back
for it later.
Step 3 - Create a cookbook By hand. Be a
wizard. https://flic.kr/p/3mMW6e
mkdir -p ~/src/custom-resources-tutorial cd ~/src/custom-resources-tutorial emacs metadata.rb
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Step 4 - Embed a test cookbook. By hand. Be
a wizard. Again. https://flic.kr/p/ai36NG
mkdir -p test/cookbooks/my_file_test cd test/cookbooks/my_file_test echo “test cookbook” > README.md
mkdir recipes touch recipes/default.rb emacs metadata.rb
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Step 5 - Tell Berkshelf about it https://flic.kr/p/k5jmja
cd ~/src/custom-resources-tutorial emacs Berksfile
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Step 6 - Configure Test Kitchen https://flic.kr/p/r38F5c
emacs .kitchen.yml
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kitchen test ; echo $?
Step 7 - Save game https://flic.kr/p/6ZJ4G7
cd ~/src/custom-resources-tutorial cp ~/src/chef-cookbooks/docker/.gitignore . cp ~/src/chef-cookbooks/docker/.rubocop.yml .
rubocop -a git init git add . git commit -a
-m 'v0.0.1 - cookbook skeleton' git tag v0.0.1
Step 8 - Use resource in test recipe https://flic.kr/p/8MuUAX
emacs test/cookbooks/my_file_test/recipes/ default.rb
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kitchen converge ; echo $?
Step 9 - Implement resource https://flic.kr/p/bkVKRb
cd ~/src/custom-resources-tutorial mkdir libraries emacs libraries/my_file.rb
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kitchen converge ; echo $? kitchen converge ; echo $?
Step 10 - Test for behavior https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1y8Rqvz-Jcg/ maxresdefault.jpgz
mkdir -p test/integration/my_file/inspec emacs -p test/integration/my_file/inspec/ run_spec.rb
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kitchen verify ; echo $?
Step 11 - Add specs and commit https://flic.kr/p/rrgfZh
cd ~/src/custom-resources-tutorial mkdir spec emacs spec/spec_helper.rb
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emacs spec/my_file_spec.rb
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rubocop -a rspec ; echo $? git add . git
commit -a -m “v0.1.0 - my_file resource” git tag v0.1.0
stove 0.1.0
Step 12 - Iterate indefinitely https://flic.kr/p/8Ny8Jt
Congratulations, you have now written one software.
You must now maintain it forever.
muahaha.
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Part 2
Custom Resources Tips and Tricks
Be explicit https://flic.kr/p/pz1JAo
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Converge twice during development Use markers for “negative” actions https://flic.kr/p/pqwd5U
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Tests let you refactor with confidence https://flic.kr/p/4WnjM4
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STAR WIPE
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Pure Ruby resources https://flic.kr/p/5km2fM
Pure Ruby resources utilize - The Ruby Standard Library -
Chef helper libs (mixlib-shellout) - Ruby gems
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It might make sense to vendor gems
load_current_value - Runs at converge time - Just before the
action body - Loads desired state values
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converge_if_changed - Runs if any desired_state: true property differs from
user input - desired_state: false avoids comparison
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coerce transforms values - Called when property is set -
Called when property is read - Use this to raise errors on bad input
The docker_container resource uses coercion heavily https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/ docker/blob/master/libraries/ docker_container.rb
lazy defaults - Delays evaluation until used - Useful for
calculated values
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Composite resources https://flic.kr/p/fm58oo
Composite resources - Reuse Chef resources - Actions look like
recipes - Do not use load_current_value
etcd_installation_binary :create
httpd_config_rhel :create
Avoid leaky abstractions https://flic.kr/p/7d1kDc
Resources should be minimalist
Early versions might be simple
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They rarely stay that way
Iterate and add more features Break down into smaller resources
Use naming semantics to describe strategy
etcd_installation_binary etcd_installation_docker etcd_installation_package etcd_service_manager_docker etcd_service_manager_execute etcd_service_manager_systemd etcd_service_manager_sysvinit etcd_service_manager_upstart
Recycle patterns as they emerge
docker_installation_binary docker_installation_package docker_installation_script docker_service_manager_execute docker_service_manager_systemd docker_service_manager_sysvinit docker_service_manager_upstart
Chef selects defaults with the provider resolution system
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Compose resources Most specific to least specific
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Enjoy
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