{"id":8214,"date":"2020-01-03T10:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T10:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=8214"},"modified":"2021-11-15T06:48:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T06:48:11","slug":"how-to-share-code-between-chef-recipes-using-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-share-code-between-chef-recipes-using-module\/","title":{"rendered":"How to share code between Chef recipes using module?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The simplest thing would be is moving this do stuff to library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>my_cookbook\/libraries\/myhelper.rb:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">module<\/span> Myhelper\n  def do_stuff( repo, data )\n    &#91;...you can use all kinds <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">of<\/span> resources here <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> recipe...]\n  end\nend<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Then you can use this module in recipes like that:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\">another_cookbook\/recipes\/some_recipe.rb:\n\nextend Myhelper\ndo_stuff( node&#91;:attribute1], node&#91;:attribute2] )<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Just make sure you add a dependency on my_cookbook in metadata:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">#another_cookbook\/metadata.rb:<\/span>\ndepends <span class=\"hljs-string\">'my_cookbook'<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_23662\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_36870\"  width=\"760\" height=\"427\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_23662\"  allow=\"fullscreen; 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