DESCRIPTION:

A simple chef report handler that uses the Pony gem to send email reports generated from an Erubis template. Inspired by the example handler on the Opcode wiki at http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Exception+and+Report+Handlers

USAGE:

Using /etc/chef/config.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'chef/handler/mail'

mail_handler = MailHandler.new
report_handlers << mail_handler
exception_handlers << mail_handler

Using chef_handler LWRP

chef_gem 'chef-handler-mail'
require 'chef/handler/mail'

chef_handler 'MailHandler' do
   source 'chef/handler/mail'
   arguments :to_address => "root"
   action :nothing
end.run_action(:enable)

LICENSE AND AUTHOR:

Author:: Mathieu Sauve-Frankel (msf@kisoku.net)

Copyright:: 2011, Mathieu Sauve-Frankel

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.