[chef] Re: What is this recipe 'monitor::redis'?

[David Petzel < >]

1) Does ‘monitor::xxx’ has any special meaning here? Does it mean a redis recipe under a namespace ‘monitor’?

It does have special meaning. Its telling you its adding a recipe named redis from a cookbook named monitor

2) where are these recipes stored? I went to the getchef.com but there is not search functionality in the website. I visited https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks but it is not obvious to me which one is a recipe repository

Cookbooks are searchable on the "supermarket" at https://supermarket.getchef.com/.

Specifically you are interested in https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/monitor

Any pointer is appreciated

Cheers, Tony