MiniChef

Generate files based on ERB templates and configuration variables, like the Chef template does.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'mini_chef'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install mini_chef

Usage

Example:

setup.rb

require "mini_chef

MiniChef.define do

  template "/etc/monit/conf.d/nginx.conf" do
    source "setup/templates/nginx.conf.erb"
    owner "root"
    group "root"
    mode 0600
    variables ({
      dir: "/etc/nginx"
    })
  end

end

nginx.conf.erb

include       <%= dir %>/mime.types;

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Whishlist

• Default options (ex: default user, permissions)
• Option to overwrite the file if already exists or throw an error
• Better error handling
• Input validation
• Accept inline templates
• Command Line Interface
• Convention to get the configuration variables from another file?
• Global configuration variable? Easy access to env variables?
• Better variables hash (IndifferentAccess? Object/Json like access?)