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nscd (26) Versions 7.0.0

Provides resources to install, configure, manage, and clear caches for nscd

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cookbook 'nscd', '~> 7.0.0', :supermarket
cookbook 'nscd', '~> 7.0.0'
knife supermarket install nscd
knife supermarket download nscd
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nscd Cookbook

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OpenCollective
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Installs, configures, manages, and clears caches for name service cache daemon (nscd) using custom resources.

Maintainers

This cookbook is maintained by the Sous Chefs. The Sous Chefs are a community of Chef cookbook maintainers working together to maintain important cookbooks. If you’d like to know more please visit sous-chefs.org or come chat with us on the Chef Community Slack in #sous-chefs.

Requirements

Platforms

  • AlmaLinux 8+
  • Amazon Linux 2023+
  • CentOS Stream 9+
  • Debian 12+
  • Oracle Linux 8+
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8+
  • Rocky Linux 8+
  • Ubuntu 22.04+

Chef

  • Chef 15.3+

Cookbooks

  • none

Resources

See the resource documentation:

  • [nscd](documentation/nscd.md)
  • [nscd_clear_cache](documentation/nscd_clear_cache.md)

Migration

See [migration.md](migration.md) for the breaking change from recipes and attributes to custom resources.

Examples

Install, configure, and start nscd:

nscd 'default'

Clear caches of passwd and group databases:

nscd_clear_cache 'clear-nscd-caches' do
  databases %w(passwd group)
end

Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute.

Backers

Thank you to all our backers!

https://opencollective.com/sous-chefs#backers

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This cookbook has no specified dependencies.

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nscd Cookbook CHANGELOG

This file is used to list changes made in each version of the nscd cookbook.

7.0.0 (2026-05-06)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

  • migrate nscd to custom resources (#61)

Features

  • migrate nscd to custom resources (#61) (0f40bd1)

Bug Fixes

  • ci: Update workflows to use release pipeline (#55) (dafc270)

6.0.8 (2025-10-15)

Bug Fixes

  • ci: Update workflows to use release pipeline (#55) (dafc270)

6.0.4 - 2024-05-03

  • Set nscd template variables to lazy

6.0.3 - 2022-02-08

  • Remove delivery folder

6.0.2 - 2021-08-31

  • Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

6.0.1 - 2021-06-01

  • Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

6.0.0 - 2021-05-25

  • Enable unified_mode
  • Bump chef_version constraint to >= 15.3

5.2.0 - 2021-02-26

  • Sous Chefs Adoption
  • Cookstyle fixes

5.1.0 (2019-09-30)

  • The running user is now calculated at converge time which prevents failures on systems that don't have the nscd package before the chef-client run has started.
  • Columns in the config are now somewhat aligned, which prevents a hard to read diff on the first chef-client run
  • Added Ubuntu 18.04 / Debian 10 testing to Travis
  • Added support and testing for openSUSE 42 / 15

5.0.2 (2018-04-04)

  • Remove apt from the Berksfile
  • Travis: Test the custom resource and test Debian
  • Resolve Chef 14 deprecation

5.0.1 (2018-02-15)

  • Test with delivery local mode and cleanup the test cookbook
  • Don't use kind_of in the custom resource (FC117)
  • Fix a bad example in the readme

5.0.0 (2017-02-23)

  • Require Chef 12.5+ and remove compat_resource dependency

v4.1.0 (2016-06-10)

  • Add a new attribute 'template_cookbook' to allow specifying a cookbook containing the nscd config template for wrapper cookbooks

v4.0.0 (2016-05-12)

  • The NSCD user / group is now set to nscd if the nscd user/group exist and if not it will run as nobody. This is most likely the desired behavior for users, but may be a surprise based on the previous behavior.

v3.0.0 (2016-04-29)

  • NSCD database values are now sanitized to remove incompatible databases on RHEL < 6 and Debian < 8. services and netgroup will now be removed as necessary

v2.0.0 (2015-10-24)

  • Breaking change: Changed the execute block for performing nscd database cache clears in wrapper cookbooks to a Chef 12.5 custom resource that can more easily clear the cache for multiple databases. This will require updating cookbooks that notified to the previous execute block and requires Chef 12.0 or greater.

v1.0.1 (2015-10-24)

  • Added additional platforms added to Test Kitchen config
  • Added the standard Chef Rubocop config
  • Updated Travis CI to use Chef DK for testing instead of Gems
  • Updated contributing and testing docs
  • Updated testing deps in the Gemfile
  • Added maintainers.toml and maintainers.md
  • Added a Rakefile for simplified testing
  • Updated links to the Github org to point to the new chef-cookbooks org

v1.0.0 (2015-09-05)

  • Minimum supported Chef release is now 11
  • Added default['nscd']['version'] to control the version of the nscd package to install
  • Removed use of Ruby 1.8.7 hash rockets
  • Added source_url and issue_url metadata
  • Added additional platforms to the Kitchen CI config
  • Removed Ruby 1.9.3 from Travis CI and add 2.1 and 2.2
  • Removed the version constraint on apt in the Berkshelf file
  • Updated developent dependencies and break Gemfile into groups
  • Added cookbook version badge to the readme

v0.13.0

  • Template the nscd config before starting the service so we don't have to start then restart
  • Added a chefignore file
  • Added Fedora as supported in metadata / Readme
  • Update testing and contributing docs to match JIRA-free process
  • Update development dependencies to current versions (chefspec, berkshelf, foodcritic, test kitchen, and rubocop)
  • Update chefspec / server spec to work with the newer releases
  • Add Trusty to the test kitchen config

v0.12.0

  • Manage /etc/nscd.conf with a template

v0.11.0

Improvement

  • Add support for different nscd packages

v0.10.0

Improvement

  • Add SmartOS support

v0.9.0

Improvement

  • [COOK-1915] - Support SmartOS for nscd

v0.8.2

  • [COOK-1993] - use install action for packages

v0.7.0

  • Current public release

Collaborator Number Metric 
            
7.0.0 passed this metric

Contributing File Metric 
            
7.0.0 failed this metric
Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must contain a CONTRIBUTING.md file

Cookstyle Metric 
            
7.0.0 passed this metric

No Binaries Metric 
            
7.0.0 passed this metric

Testing File Metric 
            
7.0.0 failed this metric
Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must contain a TESTING.md file

Version Tag Metric 
            
7.0.0 failed this metric
Failure: To pass this metric, your cookbook metadata must include a source url, the source url must be in the form of https://github.com/user/repo, and your repo must include a tag that matches this cookbook version number

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Lance Albertson
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Updated May 6, 2026 Created on

Supported Platforms

  • rocky >= 8.0
  • almalinux >= 8.0
  • oracle >= 8.0
  • ubuntu >= 22.04
  • redhat >= 8.0
  • debian >= 12.0
  • amazon >= 2023.0
  • centos_stream >= 9.0

License

Apache-2.0

Required Chef Infra Client

(>= 15.3)

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