Module: Sprinkle::Policy

Included in:
Object
Defined in:
lib/sprinkle/policy.rb

Overview

Policies

A policy defines a set of packages which are required for a certain role (app, database, etc.). All policies defined will be run and all packages required by the policy will be installed. So whereas defining a Sprinkle::Package merely defines it, defining a Sprinkle::Policy actually causes those packages to install.

A Basic Example

policy :blog, :roles => :app do
  require :webserver
  require :database
  require :rails
end

This says that for the blog on the app role, it requires certain packages. The :roles option is exactly the same as a capistrano or vlad role. A role merely defines what server the commands are run on. This way, a single Sprinkle script can provision an entire group of servers.

To define a role, put in your actor specific configuration file (recipe or script file):

role :app, "208.28.38.44"

The capistrano and vlad syntax is the same for that. If you’re using a custom actor, you may have to do it differently.

Multiple Policies

You may specify as many policies as you’d like. If the packages you’re requiring are properly defined with verification blocks, then no software will be installed twice, so you may require a webserver on multiple packages within the same role without having to wait for that package to install repeatedly.

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Policy

Constant Summary collapse

POLICIES =

:nodoc:

[]

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#policy(name, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Defines a single policy. Currently the only option, which is also required, is :roles, which defines which servers a policy is used on.



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# File 'lib/sprinkle/policy.rb', line 47

def policy(name, options = {}, &block)
  p = Policy.new(name, options, &block)
  POLICIES << p
  p
end