chef_couchdb_status.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby
# vim:ts=2:expandtab
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

puts "Current CouchDB active tasks:"
uri = URI.parse("http://localhost:5984/_active_tasks")
res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(res.body))

puts "Current chef database status:"
uri = URI.parse("http://localhost:5984/chef")
res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(res.body))

%w(nodes roles registrations clients data_bags data_bag_items users checksums cookbooks sandboxes environments id_map).each do |view|
  begin
    uri = URI.parse("http://localhost:5984/chef/_design/#{view}/_info")
    res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
    puts "Current status for chef view: #{view}"
    puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(res.body))
  rescue
  end
end