[chef] Re: Introducing the httpd cookbook

["Durfee, Bernie (GE Global Research)" < >]

Does this or should this replace the existing Apache cookbooks?



On 8/22/14, 5:28 PM, "Sean OMeara" 
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 wrote:

>Hello Chefs!
>
>I just pushed version 0.1.0 of the httpd cookbook, which you can find
>here:
>
>https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/httpd
>
>I'm looking for feedback and initial testers, to help shake the bugs
>out ahead of pushing a 1.0.0.
>
>It's meant to be a "shining cookbook on the hill" that people can
>reference as an example for creating highly re-usable cross platform
>cookbooks.
>
>Cross-platform cookbooks have been a huge source of frustration for a
>long time now...  Hopefully the design pattern represented here can
>lead us out of the darkness.
>
>Features -
>
>* Tested on Debian 7, Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04, Centos5, Centos6, and
>Centos7
>* 2.2 and 2.4 support where appropriate
>* Supports multiple Apache instances on the same machine
>* Platform native idioms: no more "ubuntufying" rhel distros. (selinux
>should work!)
>* Modularity. httpd_config and httpd_module are used to implement
>httpd_service
>* No recipes! This cookbooks is meant to provide primitives... an
>extension of Chef.
>* Platform providers: resource patterns are self contained for
>extensibilty
>* Init system extensibility: subclassing for sysvinit vs systemd, etc
>* Full test coverage: developed from the ground up as a piece of Test
>Driven Infrastructure:  28 test-kitchen runs and 1936 specs
>
>Known issues:
>* The README needs a lot of love
>* The primitives may be a bit *too* primitive.. httpd_service only
>loads enough modules to get itself running. Users may expect more
>* Needs a roadmap
>
>Let me know what you think!
>
>-s