Chef Cheat Sheet

Chef Cheat Sheet

RUN LOCAL RECIPE BOOK
chef-client --local-mode [recipe book filename

REFERENCE FOR FILE RESOURCE
https://docs.chef.io/resource_file.html

DELETE A FILE RECIPE
file 'C:\Users\Administrator\chef-repo\settings.ini' do
  action :delete
end

CREATE A FILE
file 'C:\Users\Administrator\chef-repo\settings.ini' do
  content 'greeting=hello chef'
end

CREATE A FOLDER STRUCTURE (TEMP and MESSAGES DIRECTORIES)
directory 'C:\temp\messages' do
  recursive true
end

SWITCH ON A SERVICE
service 'w3svc' do
  action [:enable, :start]
end

CREATE A COOKBOOK CALLED LEARN_CHEF_IIS
chef generate cookbook learn_chef_iis