Ridley

A reliable Chef API client with a clean syntax

Installation

Add Ridley to your Gemfile:

gem 'ridley'

And run the bundle command to install. Alternatively, you can install the gem directly:

$ gem install ridley

Usage

Before you can use Ridley, you must require it in 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

client_key can be either a file path or the client key as a string. You can also optionally supply an encrypted data bag secret for decrypting encrypted data bags. The option is "encrypted_data_bag_secret" This can be a file name or the key itself as a string.

ridley = Ridley.new(
  server_url: "https://api.opscode.com/organizations/ridley",
  client_name: "reset",
  client_key: "some key data",
  encrypted_data_bag_secret: "File path or key as a string"
)

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 #=> [
  #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:motherbrain_srv ...>,
  #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:motherbrain_proxy ...>
]

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):

ridley = Ridley.from_chef_config('/path/to/knife.rb')
ridley.role.all #=> [
  #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:motherbrain_srv ...>,
  #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:motherbrain_proxy ...>
]

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:

ridley = Ridley.from_chef_config
ridley.role.all #=> [
  #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:motherbrain_srv ...>,
  #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:motherbrain_proxy ...>
]

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 accessed 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
ridley.user        #=> Ridley::UserResource

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 four ways

With the #create function and an attribute hash

ridley = Ridley.new(...)
ridley.role.create(name: "reset") #=> #<Ridley::RoleObject: chef_id:reset>

With the #create function and an instance of a Chef Object

obj = ridley.role.new
obj.name = "reset"
ridley.role.create(obj) #=> #<Ridley::RoleObject: chef_id:reset>

With the #save function on an instance of a Chef Object

obj = ridley.role.new
obj.name = "reset"
obj.save #=> #<Ridley::RoleObject: chef_id:reset>

With the #save function on an instance of a Chef Object built from serialized json

obj = ridley.role.from_file('/path/to/role.json')
obj.save #=> #<Ridley::RoleObject: chef_id:reset>

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 want to get a list of all of the roles on your Chef server

ridley = Ridley.new(...)
ridley.role.all #=> [
  #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:motherbrain_srv ...>,
  #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:motherbrain_proxy ...>
]

Notify: You have to send the #reload message to node objects returned from a full listing. Their attributes aren't automatically populated from the initial search.

ridley = Ridley.new(...)
ridley.role.all.first  => #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:some_chef_id, attributes:#<VariaModel::Attributes chef_type="role" default_attributes=#<Hashie::Mash> description="" env_run_lists=#<VariaModel::Attributes> json_class="Chef::Role" name="some_chef_id" override_attributes=#<Hashie::Mash> run_list=[]>>
ridley.role.all.first.reload => #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id:some_chef_id, attributes:#<VariaModel::Attributes chef_type="role" default_attributes=#<Hashie::Mash SOME ATTRIBUTES> description="Some description" env_run_lists=#<VariaModel::Attributes> json_class="Chef::Role" name="some_chef_id" override_attributes=#<Hashie::Mash> run_list=[ SOME RUN LIST ]>>

Finding

If you want to retrieve a single role from the Chef server

ridley = Ridley.new(...)
ridley.role.find("motherbrain_srv") #=> #<Ridley::RoleObject: chef_id: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") #=> #<Ridley::RoleObject chef_id: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) #=> #<Ridley::RoleObject: chef_id:motherbrain_srv, description="chef object" ...

With the #save function on an instance of a Chef Object

obj = ridley.role.find("reset")
obj.description = "saving an object"
obj.save #=> #<Ridley::RoleObject: chef_id:motherbrain_srv, description="saving an object" ...>

Destroy

Destroying a resource can be expressed in three ways

With the #delete function and the ID of the Object to destroy

ridley = Ridley.new(...)
ridley.role.delete("motherbrain_srv") => #<Ridley::RoleObject: chef_id:motherbrain_srv ...>

With the #delete function and a Chef Object

obj = ridley.role.find("motherbrain_srv")
ridley.role.delete(obj) => #<Ridley::RoleObject: chef_id:motherbrain_srv ...>

With the #destroy function on an instance of a Chef Object

obj = ridley.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") #=> #<Ridley::ClientObject: chef_id:"jamie", private_key="**HIDDEN***" ...>

With the #regenerate_key function on an instance of a Client Object

obj = ridley.client.find("jamie")
obj.regenerate_key #=> #<Ridley::ClientObject: chef_id:"jamie", private_key="**HIDDEN***" ...>

Cookbook Resource

Cookbooks can be created, listed, updated and deleted as shown in the Manipulating Chef Resources section of this README.

To find a cookbook, you must provide both its name and version:

ridley = Ridley.new(...)
ridley.cookbook.find("apache2", "1.6.6")

Cookbooks can be downloaded. If no download path is specified, the chosen cookbook will be downloaded to a tmp folder.

ridley = Ridley.new(...)
ridley.cookbook.download("apache2", "1.6.6", "/path/to/download/cookbook") #=> "/path/to/download/cookbook"
ridley.cookbook.download("apache2", "1.6.6") #=> "/tmp/d20140211-6621-kstalp"

A cookbook's metadata can be accessed using the #metadata method:

ridley = Ridley.new(...)
apache2 = ridley.cookbook.find("apache2", "1.6.6")
apache2.metadata #=> Hashie::Mash

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") #=> #<Ridley::DataBagItemObject: chef_id:appconfig, host="reset.local", user="jamie">

Environment 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

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