{"name":"compat_resource","version":"12.19.0","description":"Backports functionality introduced in the latest chef-client releases to any chef-client from 12.1 onwards","long_description":"# compat_resource cookbook\n\n[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/chef-cookbooks/compat_resource.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/chef-cookbooks/compat_resource) [![Cookbook Version](https://img.shields.io/cookbook/v/compat_resource.svg)](https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/compat_resource)\n\nThis cookbook backports functionality introduced in the latest chef-client releases to any chef-client from 12.1 onwards. This includes [Custom Resource](https://docs.chef.io/custom_resources.html) functionality, notification improvements, as well as new resources added to core chef. It allows for the usage of these new resources in cookbooks without requiring the very latest Chef client release.\n\n## Backported functionality\n\n- [Custom Resources](https://docs.chef.io/custom_resources.html)\n- [apt_repository](https://docs.chef.io/resource_apt_repository.html)\n- [apt_update](https://docs.chef.io/resource_apt_update.html)\n- [systemd_unit](https://docs.chef.io/resource_systemd_unit.html)\n- [yum_repository](https://docs.chef.io/resource_yum_repository.html)\n- [:before notifications](https://docs.chef.io/resources.html#timers)\n\n## Requirements\n\n### Platforms\n\n- All platforms supported by Chef\n\n### Chef\n\n- Chef 12.1+\n\n### Cookbooks\n\n- none\n\n## Usage\n\nTo use this cookbook, put `depends 'compat_resource'` in the metadata.rb of your cookbook. Once this is done, you can use all the new custom resource features to define resources. It Just Works.\n\n## Custom Resources?\n\nCurious about how to use custom resources?\n\n- Docs: <https://docs.chef.io/custom_resources.html>\n- Slides: <https://docs.chef.io/decks/custom_resources.html>\n\n## License & Authors\n\n- Author:: Lamont Granquist ([lamont@chef.io](mailto:lamont@chef.io))\n- Author:: John Keiser ([jkeiser@chef.io](mailto:jkeiser@chef.io))\n\n```text\nCopyright:: 2015-2016 Chef Software, Inc.\n\nLicensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\");\nyou may not use this file except in compliance with the License.\nYou may obtain a copy of the License at\n\n    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n\nUnless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\ndistributed under the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS,\nWITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\nSee the License for the specific language governing permissions and\nlimitations under the License.\n```\n","maintainer":"Lamont Granquist","maintainer_email":"lamont@chef.io","license":"Apache 2.0","platforms":{},"dependencies":{},"recommendations":{},"suggestions":{},"conflicting":{},"providing":{},"replacing":{},"attributes":{},"groupings":{},"recipes":{},"source_url":"https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/compat_resource","issues_url":"https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/compat_resource/issues","chef_version":[[">= 12.1"]],"ohai_version":[]}