README.md

dirs Cookbook

A very simple cookbook to create directories and set permissions.

If the directory doesn't exist, it is created. If it already exists, it has its permissions set.

Attributes

dirs::default

Key	Type	Description	Default
['dirs']['create']	Array	Array of directories to be created or have its permissions set.	[]
['dirs']['create'][n]	Hash	A hash with the attributes for a directory. Accepts the attributes "path", "user", "group" and "chmod".	-

Usage

dirs::default

Just include dirs in your node's run_list and specify the attributes:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "dirs": {
    "create": [
      {
        "path": "/var/www/my-app",
        "user": "my-user",
        "group": "my-group",
        "chmod": "0755"
      },
      {
        "path": "/etc/my-app",
        "user": "root",
        "group": "root",
        "chmod": "0700"
      }
    ]
  },
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[dirs]"
  ]
}