[chef] Re: Custom resources and providers

[Stephen Nelson-Smith < >]

Hi Niall,

A lightweight resource provider that implemented mercurial calls would be 
amazingly valuable, especially as we seek to reach out to the Python/Django 
community.  Not sure what your time constraints are, but we're putting on 
Chef training at the end of the month, and Joshua would be around to give 
some direction on this.  The training will cover LWRP at a high level - the 
advanced training in Ghent at the end of that week will cover it in more 
detail.

In the meantime, if you fancy meeting up for a coffee to chat about it, or to 
pair for a couple of hours, give me a shout - I'm in London a few days a week.

Best,

S.

On 17 Jan 2011, at 20:48, Niall Napier wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I use Mercurial to manage my software repositories and would like to deploy 
> them with Chef. I have been unable to find any information about this 
> online and I have found limited documentation that explains how to roll 
> your own Resources and Providers. 
> 
> Is it possible to write a Provider/Resource that implements SCM and is part 
> of a chef cookbook rather than the installed chef package? I found the 
> following page on the Opscode wiki 
> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Providers but it suggests that ;
> implementing a Provider should be integrated into the chef package.
> 
> Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
> Niall Napier
> London, United Kingdom
> 
 
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