homebrew_cask resource¶

Use the homebrew_cask resource to install binaries distributed via the Homebrew package manager.

New in Chef Client 14.0.

Syntax¶

The homebrew_cask resource has the following syntax:

homebrew_cask 'name' do
  cask_name          String # default value: 'name' unless specified
  homebrew_path      String # default value: /usr/local/bin/brew
  install_cask       true, false # default value: true
  options            String
  owner              String
  action             Symbol # defaults to :install if not specified
end

where:

homebrew_cask is the resource.
name is the name given to the resource block.
action identifies which steps the chef-client will take to bring the node into the desired state.
cask_name, homebrew_path, install_cask, options, and owner are the properties available to this resource.

Actions¶

The homebrew_cask resource has the following actions:

:install: Default. Install an application that is packaged as a Homebrew cask.
:remove: Remove an application that is packaged as a Homebrew cask.
:nothing: Define this resource block to do nothing until notified by another resource to take action. When this resource is notified, this resource block is either run immediately or it is queued up to be run at the end of the Chef Client run.

Properties¶

cask_name

Ruby Type: String | Default Value: 'name'

The name of the Homebrew cask, if it differs from the resource block name.

homebrew_path

Ruby Type: String | Default Value: /usr/local/bin/brew

The path to the Homebrew binary.

install_cask

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: true

Automatically install the Homebrew cask tap, if necessary.

notifies

Ruby Type: Symbol, ‘Chef::Resource[String]’

A resource may notify another resource to take action when its state changes. Specify a 'resource[name]', the :action that resource should take, and then the :timer for that action. A resource may notify more than one resource; use a notifies statement for each resource to be notified.

A timer specifies the point during the Chef Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:

:before: Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed: Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of the Chef Client run.
:immediate, :immediately: Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, per resource notified.

The syntax for notifies is:

notifies :action, 'resource[name]', :timer

options

Ruby Type: String

Options to pass to the brew command during installation.

owner

Ruby Type: String

The owner of the Homebrew installation.

subscribes

Ruby Type: Symbol, ‘Chef::Resource[String]’

A resource may listen to another resource, and then take action if the state of the resource being listened to changes. Specify a 'resource[name]', the :action to be taken, and then the :timer for that action.

Note that subscribes does not apply the specified action to the resource that it listens to - for example:

file '/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt' do
   mode '0600'
   owner 'root'
end

service 'nginx' do
   subscribes :reload, 'file[/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt]', :immediately
end

In this case the subscribes property reloads the nginx service whenever its certificate file, located under /etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt, is updated. subscribes does not make any changes to the certificate file itself, it merely listens for a change to the file, and executes the :reload action for its resource (in this example nginx) when a change is detected.

A timer specifies the point during the Chef Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:

:before: Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed: Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of the Chef Client run.
:immediate, :immediately: Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, per resource notified.

The syntax for subscribes is:

subscribes :action, 'resource[name]', :timer