[chef] Re: Re: Introducing the httpd cookbook

[Sean OMeara < >]

Maybe, and "not yet."

This is *definitely* not a drop-in replacement for the apache2
cookbook. Apache2, for example, provides a "web_app" definition that
operates at a much higher level of abstraction. This cookbook could
theoretically be used to implement (parts of the) apache2 cookbook.

Apache2 currently has more platform support, is battle tested, etc.

-s


On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Durfee, Bernie (GE Global Research)
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> Does this or should this replace the existing Apache cookbooks?
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> On 8/22/14, 5:28 PM, "Sean OMeara" 
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>>Hello Chefs!
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>>I just pushed version 0.1.0 of the httpd cookbook, which you can find
>>here:
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>>https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/httpd
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>>I'm looking for feedback and initial testers, to help shake the bugs
>>out ahead of pushing a 1.0.0.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Features -
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>>* 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
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>>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
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>>Let me know what you think!
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>>-s
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