 homebrew_update Resource   Edit this page in the Chef repository 
  This page is generated from the Chef Infra Client source code. To suggest a change, edit the homebrew_update.rb file and submit a pull request to the Chef Infra Client repository.   All Infra resources page  Use the homebrew_update resource to manage Homebrew repository updates on macOS. New in Chef Infra Client 16.2. Syntax  The full syntax for all of the properties that are available to the homebrew_update resource is:
homebrew_update 'name' do
  frequency      Integer # default value: 86400
  action         Symbol # defaults to :periodic if not specified
end where:  
homebrew_update 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. 
frequency is the property available to this resource.  Actions  The homebrew_update resource has the following actions:  :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. :periodic Run a periodic update based on the frequency property. (default) :update Run an immediate update.  Properties  The homebrew_update resource has the following properties:   frequency   Ruby Type: Integer | Default Value: 86400 Determines how frequently (in seconds) Homebrew updates are made. Use this property when the :periodic action is specified.    Common Resource Functionality  Chef resources include common properties, notifications, and resource guards. Common Properties The following properties are common to every resource:  compile_time  Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: false Control the phase during which the resource is run on the node. Set to true to run while the resource collection is being built (the compile phase). Set to false to run while Chef Infra Client is configuring the node (the converge phase).  ignore_failure  Ruby Type: true, false, :quiet | Default Value: false Continue running a recipe if a resource fails for any reason. :quiet will not display the full stack trace and the recipe will continue to run if a resource fails.  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 delay in seconds between retry attempts.  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, 'Ch8b7c:f320:99b9:690f:4595:cd17:293a:c069Resource[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. If the referenced resource does not exist, an error is raised. In contrast, subscribes will not fail if the source resource is not found.   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, 'Ch8b7c:f320:99b9:690f:4595:cd17:293a:c069Resource[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. If the other resource does not exist, the subscription will not raise an error. Contrast this with the stricter semantics of notifies, which will raise an error if the other resource does not exist. 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 the homebrew_update resource in recipes: Update the homebrew repository data at a specified interval: homebrew_update 'all platforms' do
  frequency 86400
  action :periodic
end

Update the Homebrew repository at the start of a Chef Infra Client run: homebrew_update 'update'
  

    
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