# Ridley [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/ridley.png)](http://badge.fury.io/rb/ridley) [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/RiotGames/ridley.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/RiotGames/ridley) [![Dependency Status](https://gemnasium.com/RiotGames/ridley.png?travis)](https://gemnasium.com/RiotGames/ridley) [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/RiotGames/ridley.png)](https://codeclimate.com/github/RiotGames/ridley) A reliable Chef API client with a clean syntax ## Installation $ gem install ridley ## Usage Require Ridley into your application require 'ridley' ## Creating a new Ridley client ridley = Ridley.new( server_url: "https://api.opscode.com/organizations/ridley", client_name: "reset", client_key: "/Users/reset/.chef/reset.pem" ) Creating a new instance of Ridley requires the following options: * server_url * client_name * client_key Ridley exposes a number of functions that return resources which you can use to retrieve or create objects on your Chef server. Here is a simple example of getting a list of all the roles on your Chef server. ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.role.all #=> [ #, # ] For more information scroll down to the Manipulating Chef Resources section of this README. You can also tell Ridley to read the values from your Chef config (knife.rb): ```ruby ridley = Ridley.from_chef_config('/path/to/knife.rb') ridley.role.all #=> [ #, # ] ``` The mapping between Chef Config values and Ridley values is:
Ridley Chef
validator_client validation_client_name
validator_path validation_key
client_name node_name
server_url chef_server_url
Additionally, you can leave the path blank and Ridley will perform a "knife.rb search" the same way Chef does: ```ruby ridley = Ridley.from_chef_config ridley.role.all #=> [ #, # ] ``` If you don't want to instantiate and manage a connection object you can use `Ridley.open` to open a connection, do some work, and it will be closed for you after the block executes. Ridley.open(server_url: "https://api.opscode.com", ...) do |r| r.node.all end ## Manipulating Chef Resources Resources are access by instance functions on a new instance of Ridley::Client. ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.client #=> Ridley::ClientResource ridley.cookbook #=> Ridley::CookbookResource ridley.data_bag #=> Ridley::DataBagResource ridley.environment #=> Ridley::EnvironmentResource ridley.node #=> Ridley::NodeResource ridley.role #=> Ridley::RoleResource ridley.sandbox #=> Ridley::SandboxResource ridley.search #=> Ridley::SearchResource DataBagItems are the only exception to this rule. The DataBagItem resource is accessed from a DataBagObject data_bag = ridley.data_bag.find("my_data") data_bag.item #=> Ridley::DataBagItemResource data_bag.item.find("my_item") #=> Ridley::DataBagItemObject ### CRUD Most resources can be listed, retrieved, created, updated, and destroyed. These are commonly referred to as CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) operations. #### Create A new Chef Object can be created in a three ways _With the `#create` function and an attribute hash_ ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.role.create(name: "reset") #=> # _With the `#create` function and an instance of a Chef Object_ obj = ridley.role.new obj.name = "reset" ridley.role.create(obj) #=> # _With the `#save` function on an instance of a Chef Object_ obj = ridley.role.new obj.name = "reset" obj.save #=> # Each of these methods produce an identical object on the Chef server. It is up to you on how you'd like to create new resources. ### Read Most resources have two read functions - `#all` for listing all the Chef Objects - `#find` for retrieving a specific Chef Object #### Listing If you wanted to get a list of all of the roles on your Chef server ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.role.all #=> [ #, # ] #### Finding If you want to retrieve a single role from the Chef server ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.role.find("motherbrain_srv") #=> # If the role does not exist on the Chef server then `nil` is returned ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.role.find("not_there") #=> nil ### Update Updating a resource can be expressed in three ways _With the `#update` function, the ID of the Object to update, and an attributes hash_ ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.role.update("motherbrain_srv", description: "testing updates") #=> # _With the `#update` function and an instance of a Chef Object_ obj = ridley.role.find("motherbrain_srv") obj.description = "chef object" ridley.role.update(obj) #=> # # ### Destroy Destroying a resource can be express in three ways _With the `#delete` function and the ID of the Object to destroy_ ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.role.delete("motherbrain_srv") => # _With the `#delete` function and a Chef Object_ obj = ridley.role.find("motherbrain_srv") ridley.role.delete(obj) => # _With the `#destroy` function on an instance of a Chef Object_ obj = conn.role.find("motherbrain_srv") obj.destroy #=> true ## Client Resource ### Regenerating a client's private key _With the `#regnerate_key` function and the ID of the Client to regenerate_ ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.client.regenerate_key("jamie") #=> # _With the `#regenerate_key` function on an instance of a Client Object_ obj = ridley.client.find("jamie") obj.regenerate_key #=> # ## Cookbook Resource ## Data Bag Resource A data bag is managed exactly the same as any other Chef resource ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.data_bag.create(name: "ridley-test") You can create, delete, update, or retrieve a data bag exactly how you would expect if you read through the Manipulating Chef Resources portion of this document. Unlike a role, node, client, or environment, a data bag is a container for other resources. These other resources are Data Bag Items. Data Bag Items behave slightly different than other resources. Data Bag Items can have an abritrary attribute hash filled with any key values that you would like. The one exception is that every Data Bag Item __requires__ an 'id' key and value. This identifier is the name of the Data Bag Item. ### Creating a Data Bag Item ridley = Ridley.new(...) data_bag = ridley.data_bag.create(name: "ridley-test") data_bag.item.create(id: "appconfig", host: "reset.local", user: "jamie") #=> # ## Environment Resource ## Node Resource ### Setting Attributes Setting a default environment attribute is just like setting a node level default attribute ridley = Ridley.new(...) production_env = ridley.environment.find("production") production_env.set_default_attribute("my_app.proxy.enabled", false) production_env.save #=> true And the same goes for setting an environment level override attribute production_env.set_override_attribute("my_app.proxy.enabled", false) production_env.save #=> true ### Bootstrapping Unix nodes ridley = Ridley.new( server_url: "https://api.opscode.com", organization: "vialstudios", validator_client: "vialstudios-validator", validator_path: "/Users/reset/.chef/vialstudios-validator.pem", ssh: { user: "vagrant", password: "vagrant" } ) ridley.node.bootstrap("33.33.33.10", "33.33.33.11") ### Bootstrapping Windows Nodes Windows Nodes are bootstrapped using a combination of WinRM, Batch, and PowerShell. You will probably need to tweak some settings on your Windows servers to ensure the commands are successful. #### WinRM Settings 1. Enable WinRM: `winrm quickconfig` and say Yes. 2. Set some WinRM settings to ensure that you don't get 401 Unauthorized responses and 500 Responses because of timeouts. ``` winrm set winrm/config/service/auth @{Basic="true"} winrm set winrm/config/service @{AllowUnencrypted="true"} winrm set winrm/config/service @{EnumerationTimeoutms="600000"} winrm set winrm/config @{MaxTimeoutms="600000"} winrm set winrm/config/client @{TrustedHosts="*"} ``` #### PowerShell Settings 1. You should also configure your PowerShell profile, so that PowerShell commands have a more lenient timeout period. ``` mkdir C:\Users\my_user\Documents\WindowsPowerShell echo "$PSSessionOption = New-PSSessionOption -OpenTimeout 0 -CancelTimeout 0 -IdleTimeout 0 -OperationTimeout 0" > C:\Users\my_user\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 ``` Verify the PowerShell settings by opening up the PowerShell Console and entering `$PSSessionOption` and ensure those values are set, and that there are no errors output. The following links offer some information about configuring a machine's PowerShell settings: * [PowerShell Profiles](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692764.aspx) * [The $PSSessionOptions Preference Variable](http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh847796.aspx) * [Creating a new PSSessionOption](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849703.aspx) You may also want to tweak your Windows boxes a bit more ex: turning UAC off, turning off the Windows Firewall. ## Role Resource ### Role Attributes Setting role attributes is just like setting node and environment attributes ridley = Ridley.new(...) my_app_role = ridley.role.find("my_app") my_app_role.set_default_attribute("my_app.proxy.enabled", false) my_app_role.save #=> true And the same goes for setting an environment level override attribute my_app_role.set_override_attribute("my_app.proxy.enabled", false) my_app_role.save #=> true ## Sandbox Resource ## Search Resource ridley = Ridley.new(...) ridley.search(:node) ridley.search(:node, "name:ridley-test.local") Search will return an array of the appropriate Chef Objects if one of the default indices is specified. The indices are * node * role * client * environment # Authors and Contributors * Jamie Winsor () * Kyle Allan () Thank you to all of our [Contributors](https://github.com/RiotGames/ridley/graphs/contributors), testers, and users.