sample-rails-users-update.rb

name "base_ree_server"
description "This role adds a rails user and the bare requirements for running Rails Enterprise and Passenger with Apache. Also includes the public keys for the rails devs to deploy apps"
recipes "ruby_enterprise", "passenger_enterprise", "passenger_enterprise::apache2"
default_attributes  :groups => { :rails => { "gid" => 666 } },
                        :active_groups => [ "rails" ],
                        :active_users => [ "rails" ],
                        :users => {
                            :rails => {
                                :password =>"topsekrit",
                                :comment => "Rails user for Rails apps to run as.",
                                :uid => 666,
                                :groups => [ "rails" ] 
                            } 
                        },
                        :ssh_keys => {
                            # I'd like to pull this in from an external file kept in source control, 
                            # and convert the key file into the relevant key value pairs to add in here
                            key_list = Net::HTTP.get_print URI.parse('http://code.company.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?authorized-keys-list--HEAD')
                            key_list.=format_text_to_hash_for_chef
                            
                        }