win_cluster

Windows Failover Clustering Cookbook

Requirements

Platforms

• Windows Server 2012 (R1, R2)

Chef

• Chef 12+

Usage

This is a Custom Resource cookbook that can be used to install and configure Windows Failover Cluster in Active Directory.

Custom Resources

win_cluster_server

Installs Windows Failover-Clustering Features and creates a new Cluster

Actions

• 'create' - Creates A new Cluster if it doesn't exisit in AD
• 'join' - Join a Cluster that has already been created

Properties

• 'name - Name of the cluster to be created
• 'creator' - Boolean whether the specified node is the creator of the cluster.
• 'ip_address' - IP address of the new cluster
• 'attach_storage' - Boolean whether or not to have include attached storage as part of the cluster or not

Examples

Create new 'SQLClst' with an ip of 192.168.1.1

win_cluster_server 'SQLClst' do
  ip_address '192.168.1.1'
end

Join cluster 'SQLClst'

win_cluster_server 'SQLClst' do
  action :join
  creator false
end

License & Author

• Author:: John Snow (thelunaticscripter@outlook.com)

Copyright 2016, TheLunaticScripter.com

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