sudo_rules Cookbook

Reads through a special data bag of sudo rules to compile a list of sudoers.d rules to create/remove.

Requirements

packages

• sudo

Attributes

sudo_rules::default

Key	Type	Description	Default
['sudo_rules']['data_bag']	String	Name of data bag to use for entries.	sudo_rules
['sudo_rules']['search_query']	String	Custom search query for matching instead of just host:fqdn	None

data bag

Key	Type	Description	Default	Required?
id	String	Name of Data Bag item, and sudoers.d/Id filename.	None	Yes
name	String	Instead of using Id, you can choose the name of the file for sudoers.d/Name instead.	Same as Id	No
hosts	Array	List of hosts to apply this rule to by fqdn, can be wildcard matched.	[]	Yes
action	String	create or remove Sets whether to create or remove the entry.	create	No
user	String	Username or %Groupname to use for the sudo rule.	None	Yes
runas	String	Allowed colon-separated list of users for sudoers runas.	ALL	No
commands	Array	List of commands (and arguments) this rule adds for the user/group.	[]	Yes
defaults	Array	List of defaults this user has.	[]	No

Usage

sudo_rules::default

Include sudo_rules in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[sudo_rules]"
  ]
}

And provide properly formatted data bag:

{
    "id": "Data Bag unique name, default value for name below",
    "name": "Name of the sudoers.d file",
    "hosts": [
        "fqdn1",
        "fqdn2",
        ...
    ],
    "action": "create",
    "user": "someuser",
    "runas": "ALL",
    "commands": [
        "/usr/sbin/somecommand args",
        "/usr/sbin/anothercommand",
        ...
    ],
    "defaults": [
        "env_reset"
    ]
}

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github.
2. Switch to the develop branch.
3. Create a named feature branch off develop (like githubusername/feature/add_component_x).
4. Write your change.
5. Update documentation if appropriate.
6. Write tests for your change (if applicable).
7. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass.
8. Submit a Pull Request using Github to develop branch.

or

1. Report issue on Github

License and Authors

• Authors:
  • Eric Renfro erenfro@linux-help.org
• Contributors:
  • Pieter Vogelaar