chef cookbooks

Recipes specify the resources to use and the order in which they are to be applied

* Attribute values

*File distributions

*Templates

*Extensions to Chef, such as custom resources and libraries

Now we will create our first Cookbook.

Create a directory called cookbooks, and execute the below command to generate the Cookbook.

#mkdir cookbooks

#cd cookbooks

#chef generate cookbook httpd_deploy

Generating cookbook httpd_deploy

- Ensuring correct cookbook file content

- Ensuring delivery configuration

- Ensuring correct delivery build cookbook content

Your cookbook is ready. Type `cd httpd_deploy` to enter it.

There are several commands you can run to get started locally developing and testing your cookbook.

Type `delivery local --help` to see a full list.

Why not start by writing a test? Tests for the default recipe are stored at:

test/smoke/default/default_test.rb

If you'd prefer to dive right in, the default recipe can be found at:

recipes/default.rb

httpd_deploy is a name given to the Cookbook. You can give any name that you want and Let's move to this new directory httpd_deploy.

#cd httpd_deploy/

Now let us see the file structure of the created Cookbook

#tree

.

├── Berksfile

├── chefignore

├── metadata.rb

├── README.md

├── recipes

│   └── default.rb

├── spec

│   ├── spec_helper.rb

│   └── unit

│       └── recipes

│           └── default_spec.rb

└── test

    └── smoke

        └── default

            └── default_test.rb

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