Nodes

The groups module adds support for chef nodes.

Supported Operations

Exists	Check if a node exists
Get Acl	Fetch a node’s acl
Set Permission	Set a permission for a node

API Reference

class pastry.resources.nodes.Nodes

Provides access to the chef nodes

classmethod exists(nodename)

Checks if a node exists on the chef server

Parameters:nodename (string) – The Node’s nodename Returns:If the node exists Return type:boolean

classmethod get_acl(nodename)

Gets the access control list for the node

Parameters:nodename (string) – The Node’s nodename Returns:The acl for the node Return type:hash

classmethod set_permission(nodename, permission, actors)

Grants the specified actors a permission on the node. Chef only supports setting one permission at a time.

The actors hash should be in the form:

{
    'actors': <list of usernames>
    'groups': <list of groupnames>
}

Parameters:

• nodename (string) – The Node’s nodename
• permission (string) – One of: create, read, update, delete, grant
• actors (hash) – The set of actors to grant this permission to

Returns:

empty hash

Type:

hash