Snipe-IT API Cookbook

Provides Chef Custom Resources for accessing the Snipe-IT REST API.

Requirements

Chef

• Chef 14.0+

Cookbooks

• chef-sugar
• chef-vault

Environment

Tested with Snipe-IT v4.6.4 on Ubuntu 16.04.

Attributes

• ['snipeit']['api']['instance'] - the URL for your Snipe-IT installation. Default is http://snipe-it.mycompany.com
• ['snipeit']['api']['token'] - JSON Web Token used to authenticate with the API. See Generate an API Token. Default is nil.

Resources

General Properties

These properties are available in all resources:

• :token, String
• :url, String, default: node['snipeit']['api']['instance']

asset

Actions

• :create, default: true

Properties

• :asset_tag, String, name_property: true
• :location, String
• :model, String, required: true
• :purchase_date, String
• :serial_number, String, required: true
• :status, String, required: true
• :supplier, String

category

Actions

• :create, default: true

Properties

• :category, String, name_property: true
• :category_type, String, required: true

location

Actions

• :create, default: true

Properties

• :location, String, name_property: true
• :address, String
• :city, String
• :state, String
• :zip, String
• :country, String, default: 'US'
• :currency, String, default: 'USD'

manufacturer

Actions

• :create, default: true

Properties

• :manufacturer, String, name_property: true
• :website, String

model

Actions

• :create, default: true

Properties

• :model, String, name_property: true
• :model_number, String
• :manufacturer, String
• :category, String
• :eol, Integer
• :fieldset, String

Usage

This cookbook expects that you already have a Snipe-IT installation configured, and an API token generated. If you're looking for a cookbook that installs Snipe-IT, see the Snipe-IT Cookbook.

Generate an API Token

Please reference the Snipe-IT documentation for the API on how to generate a token.

You can pass the API key to your Chef run with:

• the token property in the resource block
• setting the ['snipeit']['api']['token'] node attribute
• creating Chef Vault, or a data bag under snipe-it/api with the token value assigned to key.

Contributing

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