rhsm_register resource¶

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Use the rhsm_register resource to register a node with the Red Hat Subscription Manager or a local Red Hat Satellite server.

New in Chef Client 14.0.

Syntax¶

The rhsm_register resource has the following syntax:

rhsm_register 'name' do
  activation_key             String, Array
  auto_attach                true, false # default value: false
  environment                String
  force                      true, false # default value: false
  install_katello_agent      true, false # default value: true
  organization               String
  password                   String
  satellite_host             String
  username                   String
  action                     Symbol # defaults to :register if not specified
end

where:

rhsm_register is the resource.
name is the name given to the resource block.
action identifies which steps Chef Infra Client will take to bring the node into the desired state.
activation_key, auto_attach, environment, force, install_katello_agent, organization, password, satellite_host, and username are the properties available to this resource.

Actions¶

The rhsm_register resource has the following actions:

:register: Default. Register the node with RHSM.
:unregister: Unregister the node from RHSM.
: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¶

The rhsm_register resource has the following properties:

activation_key

Ruby Type: String, Array

A string or array of activation keys to use when registering; you must also specify the ‘organization’ property when using this property.

auto_attach

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: false

If true, RHSM will attempt to automatically attach the host to applicable subscriptions. It is generally better to use an activation key with the subscriptions pre-defined.

environment

Ruby Type: String

The environment to use when registering; required when using the username and password properties.

force

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: false

If true, the system will be registered even if it is already registered. Normally, any register operations will fail if the machine has already been registered.

install_katello_agent

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: true

If true, the katello-agent RPM will be installed.

organization

Ruby Type: String

The organization to use when registering; required when using the activation_key property.

password

Ruby Type: String

The password to use when registering. This property is not applicable if using an activation key. If specified, username and environment are also required.

satellite_host

Ruby Type: String

The FQDN of the Satellite host to register with. If this property is not specified, the host will register with Red Hat’s public RHSM service.

username

Ruby Type: String

The username to use when registering. This property is not applicable if using an activation key. If specified, password and environment properties are also required.

Common Resource Functionality¶

Chef resources include common properties, notifications, and resource guards.

Common Properties¶

The following properties are common to every resource:

ignore_failure

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: false

Continue running a recipe if a resource fails for any reason.

retries

Ruby Type: Integer | Default Value: 0

The number of attempts to catch exceptions and retry the resource.

retry_delay

Ruby Type: Integer | Default Value: 2

The retry delay (in seconds).

sensitive

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: false

Ensure that sensitive resource data is not logged by Chef Infra Client.

Notifications¶

notifies

Ruby Type: Symbol, ‘Chef::Resource[String]’

A resource may notify another resource to take action when its state changes. Specify a 'resource[name]', the :action that resource should take, and then the :timer for that action. A resource may notify more than one resource; use a notifies statement for each resource to be notified.

A timer specifies the point during a Chef Infra Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:

:before: Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed: Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of a Chef Infra Client run.
:immediate, :immediately: Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, per resource notified.

The syntax for notifies is:

notifies :action, 'resource[name]', :timer

subscribes: Ruby Type: Symbol, ‘Chef::Resource[String]’

A resource may listen to another resource, and then take action if the state of the resource being listened to changes. Specify a 'resource[name]', the :action to be taken, and then the :timer for that action.

Note that subscribes does not apply the specified action to the resource that it listens to - for example:

file '/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt' do
  mode '0600'
  owner 'root'
end

service 'nginx' do
  subscribes :reload, 'file[/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt]', :immediately
end

In this case the subscribes property reloads the nginx service whenever its certificate file, located under /etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt, is updated. subscribes does not make any changes to the certificate file itself, it merely listens for a change to the file, and executes the :reload action for its resource (in this example nginx) when a change is detected.

A timer specifies the point during a Chef Infra Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:

:before: Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed: Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of a Chef Infra Client run.
:immediate, :immediately: Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, per resource notified.

The syntax for subscribes is:

subscribes :action, 'resource[name]', :timer

Guards¶

A guard property can be used to evaluate the state of a node during the execution phase of a Chef Infra Client run. Based on the results of this evaluation, a guard property is then used to tell Chef Infra Client if it should continue executing a resource. A guard property accepts either a string value or a Ruby block value:

A string is executed as a shell command. If the command returns 0, the guard is applied. If the command returns any other value, then the guard property is not applied. String guards in a powershell_script run Windows PowerShell commands and may return true in addition to 0.
A block is executed as Ruby code that must return either true or false. If the block returns true, the guard property is applied. If the block returns false, the guard property is not applied.

A guard property is useful for ensuring that a resource is idempotent by allowing that resource to test for the desired state as it is being executed, and then if the desired state is present, for Chef Infra Client to do nothing.

Properties

The following properties can be used to define a guard that is evaluated during the execution phase of a Chef Infra Client run:

not_if: Prevent a resource from executing when the condition returns true.
only_if: Allow a resource to execute only if the condition returns true.

Examples¶

The following examples demonstrate various approaches for using resources in recipes:

Register a node with RHSM

rhsm_register 'myhost' do
  activation_key 'ABCD1234'
  organization 'my_org'
end