Chef examples for recipe_block and recipe_fork implementations

Chef-recipe-block-fork.rb

def recipe_block_run(&block)
  @run_context.resource_collection = Chef::ResourceCollection.new
  instance_eval(&block)
  Chef::Runner.new(@run_context).converge
end

def recipe_block(description, &block)
  recipe = self
  ruby_block "recipe_block[#{description}]" do
    block do
      recipe.instance_eval(&block)
    end
  end
end

def recipe_fork(description, &block)
  block_body = proc do
    fork { recipe_block_run(&block) }
  end
  recipe_block(description, &block_body)
end

recipe_block 'Recipe block test' do
  # put your chef resources here
  execute 'echo Recipe block test'
end

recipe_fork 'Recipe fork test' do
  # put your chef resources here
  execute 'echo Recipe fork test'
end