chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure.

Chef::LocalMode.with_server_connectivity

Create a chef local server (if the configuration requires one) for the
duration of the given block.

    # This ...
    with_server_connectivity { stuff }

    # Is exactly equivalent to this ...
    Chef::LocalMode.setup_server_connectivity
    begin
      stuff
    ensure
      Chef::LocalMode.destroy_server_connectivity
    end

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Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git

cd chef

open lib/chef/local_mode.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--LocalMode-with_server_connectivity-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/local_mode.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::LocalMode.with_server_connectivity"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Chef--LocalMode-with_server_connectivity-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!