motd-tail Cookbook

Updates motd.tail with Chef Roles

Maintainers

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Requirements

Platforms

• Ubuntu

Chef

• Chef 15.3+

Cookbooks

• None

Attributes

• node['motd-tail']['additional_text'] - Additional text to add to the end of the motd.tail (e.g. unauthorized access banner).

Usage

"run_list": [
    "recipe[motd-tail]"
]

motd_tail '/etc/motd.tail' do
  action :create
  template_source   'motd.custom.erb'
  template_cookbook 'custom.cookbook.name'
end

default

Updates motd.tail with useful node data

Examples

For example,

% ssh myserver.int.example.org
***
Chef-Client - myserver.int.example.org
ubuntu
samba_server
netatalk_server
munin_server
rsyslog_server
***

Additional text here when `node['motd-tail']['additional_text']` present.

Contributors

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Backers

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