marker cookbook

Provides a way to create a visual marker in the Chef log based on a template.

It uses a definition because it runs in the context of the recipe where the cookbook and recipe name are available.

Github Repository: https://github.com/rightscale-cookbooks/marker

Requirements

• Requires Chef 12 or higher

Usage

Add a dependency to your cookbook's metadata.rb:

depends 'marker'

At the beginning of your recipe:

marker "recipe_start"

Now, when your recipe is converging it will log:

********************************************************************************
*  Running recipe hello_world::default

RightScale Audit Entry

This cookbook comes with a rightscale_audit_entry.erb template that can be used to delineate recipes in the Audit Entires UI on the RightScale Dashboard:

marker "recipe_start_rightscale" do
  template "rightscale_audit_entry.erb"
end

This will log in a format that will create an expandable entry for your recipe in the RightScale Audit Entry for your Chef run:

********************************************************************************
*RS>  Running recipe hello_world::default   ****

Custom Templates

You can also use the marker with your own custom templates and even add your own variables:

marker "recipe_start_custom" do
  template "custom.erb"
  cookbook "hello_world"
  variables :host_name => node[:hostname]
end

The template that you include in your cookbook could look like:

********************************************************************************
*  Running recipe <%= @recipe_name %> on <%= @host_name %>

This will log in your custom format:

********************************************************************************
*  Running recipe hello_world::default on localhost

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Author

Author:: RightScale, Inc. (cookbooks@rightscale.com)