These are a list of usages of shell commands I can't live without on UNIX-based systems.
Using Homebrew (yes, I am opinionated) you can install the following tools with the following packages:
# In Chef, when a resource is defined all its variables are evaluated during | |
# compile time and the execution of the resource takes place in converge phase. | |
# So if the value of a particular attribute is changed in converge | |
# (and not in compile) the resource will be executed with the old value. | |
# Example problem: | |
# Let's consider this situation where there are two steps involved in a recipe | |
# Step 1 is a Ruby block that changes a node attribute. Rubyblocks get executed | |
# in converge phase | |
# Step 2 is a Chef resource that makes use of the node attribute that was |