load_balancer

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This functionality was available with Chef Provisioning and was packaged in the ChefDK.

Chef Provisioning was officially end-of-life on August 31, 2019 and is no longer included with ChefDK. The Chef Provisioning source code and drivers have been moved into the chef-boneyard organization. If you are a current user of Chef Provisioning, please contact your Chef Customer Success Manager or Account Representative to review your options.

Use the load_balancer resource to create or destroy a load balancer.

Syntax

The syntax for using the load_balancer resource in a recipe is as follows:

load_balancer 'name' do
  attribute 'value' # see properties section below
  ...
  action :action # see actions section below
end

where

  • load_balancer tells Chef Infra Client to use the Chef::Provider::LoadBalancer provider during a Chef Infra Client run
  • name is the name of the resource block
  • attribute is zero (or more) of the properties that are available for this resource
  • action identifies which steps Chef Infra Client will take to bring the node into the desired state

Actions

This resource has the following actions:

:create
Default.

:destroy

:nothing
This resource block does not act unless notified by another resource to take action. Once notified, this resource block either runs immediately or is queued up to run at the end of a Chef Infra Client run.

Properties

This resource has the following properties:

driver

Ruby Type: Chef::Provisioning::Driver

Use to specify the driver to be used for provisioning.

load_balancer_options
…
machines
…
name

Ruby Type: String

The name of the load balancer.