How to move/copy files locally with Chef

Question

I haven\'t yet come across a Chef resource that will copy/move files locally. For example, I want to download jetty hightide and unzip it. Once done, copy all the files into

Answer 1

I know this question have already been answered, and discussed, but here is the method I use when creating files.

1. First include the file under the cookbook's files/default folder
2. Then on your recipe use the cookbook_file resource

e.g:

cookbook_file "/server/path/to/file.ext" do
  source "filename.ext"
  owner "root"
  group "root"
  mode 00600
  action :create_if_missing
end

From chef documentation: http://docs.opscode.com/resource_cookbook_file.html

The cookbook_file resource is used to transfer files from a sub-directory of the files/ directory in a cookbook to a specified path that is located on the host running the chef-client or chef-solo.