provider.rb

use_inline_resources if defined?(use_inline_resources)

def whyrun_supported?
  true
end

action :create do
  template new_resource.name do
    group new_resource.group
    mode new_resource.mode
    owner new_resource.owner
    source new_resource.source
    cookbook new_resource.cookbook
    variables new_resource.variables
  end

  new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true)
end

action :delete do

  directory new_resource.path do
    action :delete
    recursive false
  end

  new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true)
end

resource.rb

actions :create, :delete
default_action :create

attribute :group, kind_of: String
attribute :mode, kind_of: Fixnum, default: 00644
attribute :owner, kind_of: String
attribute :source, kind_of: String, default: 'web_app.conf.erb'
attribute :cookbook, kind_of: String, default: 'apache2'
attribute :variables, kind_of: Hash
attribute :enable, kind_of: TrueClass, default: false

def initialize(*args)
  super
  @action = :create
end

wrapper_recipe.rb

include_recipe 'apache2::default'

name = 'basic_web_app'
name_clean = name.gsub('_', '-')

docroot = "#{node['apache_test']['root_dir']}/#{name}"

directory docroot do
  action :create
end

file "#{docroot}/index.html" do
  content "Hello #{name}"
  action :create
end

template_variables = {
  port: 80,
  server_name: name_clean,
  server_aliases: ["#{name_clean}.localhost.dev"],
  docroot: docroot,
  directories:   { docroot => {
      'Options' => 'FollowSymLinks',
      'AllowOverride' => 'None',
      'Order' => 'allow,deny',
      'Allow' => 'from all'
    },
    '/' => {
      'Options' => 'FollowSymLinks',
      'AllowOverride' => 'None'
    }
  },
  log_level: 'info',
  error_log: "#{node['apache']['log_dir']}/#{name}-error.log",
  custom_log:  "#{node['apache']['log_dir']}/#{name}-access.log combined",
  rewrite_engine: 'on',
  rewrite_log: "#{node['apache']['log_dir']}/#{name}-rewrite.log",
  rewrite_log_level: 0,
  rewrite: [
    {
      'conditions' => [
        "%{HTTP_HOST} !^#{name_clean}.localhost.dev [NC]",
        '%{HTTP_HOST} !^$'
      ],
      'rules' => [
        "^/(.*)$ http://#{name_clean}.localhost.dev/$1 [L,R=301]"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

apache2_web_app "#{node['apache']['dir']}/sites-available/#{name}.conf" do
  variables template_variables
   notifies :reload, 'service[apache2]'
end

apache_site "#{name}.conf" do
  enable true
end

Placing notifies on line 54 of the wrapper_recipe.rb works perfectly.