proto code for actions and filters for a fail2ban recipe

attributes-default.rb

# cookbooks/fail2ban/attributes/default.rb
# This is an attribute file snippet

default[:fail2ban][:dir]           = "/etc/fail2ban/"
default[:fail2ban][:action_path]   = "cookbooks/fail2ban/files/default/action"
default[:fail2ban][:filters_path]  = "cookbooks/fail2ban/files/default/filters"

recipes-default.rb

# cookbooks/fail2ban/recipes/default.rb
# This is a recipe file snippet

filters = # Create an array of filter filenames.
actions = # Create an array of action filenames.

filters.each do |filename|
  filepath  = "#{Chef::Config['file_cache_path']}/#{filename}" # this maps from attributes default[:fail2ban][:dir]

  remote_file filepath do
    source "#{node['fail2ban']['filters_path']}/#{filename}"
    owner 'root'
    group 'root'
    mode "0644"
    action :create_if_missing
  end
end

actions.each do |filename|
  filepath  = "#{Chef::Config['file_cache_path']}/#{filename}"

  remote_file filepath do
    source "#{node['fail2ban']['action_path']}/#{filename}"
    owner 'root'
    group 'root'
    mode "0644"
    action :create_if_missing
  end
end