rack_user-cookbook

The Rackspace rack_user cookbook provides resource primitives (LWRPs) for use in recipes. The goal is to offer a resource to add a rack user with a list of authorized keys and sudo access. Currently it only supports to get keys from a remote file, but it might be extended later.

Supported Platforms

• Centos 6.5
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 14.04

Usage

Place a dependency on the rack_user cookbook in your cookbook's metadata.rb

depends 'rack_user'

Then, in a recipe:

rack_user 'default' do
  action :create
end

Resources

rack_user

The rack_user resource creates a rack user with a list of authorized keys.

Parameters

• location - Where do get the authorized key file, default to https://raw.github.com/rackops/authorized_keys/master/authorized_keys'

Actions

• :create - Create the rack user
• :remove - remove the rack user

Examples

Create the user with an authorized key file from a gist

rack_user 'default' do
  location 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/dummy_user/af613872c3d029a94c88/raw/1d57582215ac6316f55b956691db1dba8339fcdd/test'
end

Remove the user

rack_user 'default' do
  action :remove
end

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (i.e. add-new-recipe)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request

License and Authors

Author:: Julien Berard (jujugrrr@gmail.com)