Chef File

Some handy Chef custom resources for when you want to replace text and lines in files.

As of version 2.0 the Filehelper cookbook was renamed File cookbook to accomodate a migration from definitions to custom LWRPs.

file_replace

Search the file line by line and match each line with the given regex if matched, replace the match (all occurances) with the replace parameter.

file_replace "/etc/sysctl.conf" do
	replace "#net.ipv4.ip_forward=1"
	with    "net.ipv4.ip_forward=1"
end

file_replace_line

Search the file line by line and match each line with the given regex if matched, replace the whole line with the replace parameter.

file_replace_line "/etc/sysctl.conf" do
	replace "vm.swappiness"
	with    "vm.swappiness=60"
end

file_append

Append a line to a file. It will not append the line if it is in the file already.

file_append "/etc/sysctl.conf" do
	line "vm.swappiness=60"
end

Attributes

All resources support the path attribute:

file_replace "unique_resource_name" do
	replace  "#net.ipv4.ip_forward=1"
	with     "net.ipv4.ip_forward=1"
	path     "/etc/sysctl.conf"
end

Testing

Basic chefspec testing has been added. Please include tests with your pull requests.

bundle install rspec