[chef] Re: What is a simple method to arrange e-mail notification of failed convergence?

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Monday, November 24, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Phil Mocek wrote:
> What is a simple method of arranging to receive e-mail notification
> whenever chef-client attempts and fails to converge a node?
>  
> I know Chef provides a [flexible framework for various handlers][1],
> including exception handlers. At this time, I don't need flexibility; I
> need simplicity. I just want to say, "For any of these nodes, when
> convergence fails, send a message to 
> 
 
>  
> (mailto:
 )."
>  I
> hoped I could override in a Chef environment definition a node attribute
> used by the [chef-client cookbook][2] so that it would configure nodes
> as described, but after various searches of the Chef docs, the whole
> Web, and this list, I've yet to find indication that such is a possibility.
>  
>  
> References:
>  
> [1]: <https://docs.getchef.com/essentials_handlers.html>
> [2]: <https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/chef-client>
>  
> --  
> Phil Mocek
> https://mocek.org


Chef delegates all of this kind of thing to handlers (this means the core 
team doesn’t need to maintain handlers for e.g., chat systems we don’t use), 
but there are already ones written that do what you’re asking, like this one: 
https://github.com/kisoku/chef-handler-mail

A super simple example is provided in the docs you linked: 
https://docs.getchef.com/essentials_handlers.html#syntax if you just want to ;
copy pasta that code.

If you’re interested in other community-contributed handlers, there’s a list 
at the bottom of the documentation page: 
https://docs.getchef.com/essentials_handlers.html#community-handlers

Also, there is a chef_handler cookbook that will manage handlers for you, 
some documentation on that is here: 
https://docs.getchef.com/resource_chef_handler.html ;(GH: 
https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/chef_handler)

HTH,

--  
Daniel DeLeo