psyreactor/htpasswd-cookbook

Chef cookbook to manage/install htpasswd

Description

Manage an htpasswd file. If htpasswd exe isn't found, we install a python implementation.

Requirements

Work on linux with python for build-in implementation

Resource/Provider

This cookbook includes LWRPs for managing:

• htpasswd

htpasswd

Actions

• :add: Add a login in a htpasswd file. modify it if there is already one and create file if not found (default)
• :overwrite: Overwrite an htpasswd file (delete file and add user).

Attribute Parameters

• package_name: file attribute. path of the htpaswwd to manage
• user: user to create
• password: password for the user

Example

# add user "foo" with password "bar" to "/etc/nginx/htpassword"
htpasswd "/etc/nginx/htpassword" do
  user "foo"
  password "bar"
end