Resources

About Resources

Note

If you want to see all of the information about resources in a single document, see: https://docs.chef.io/resources.html. Keep reading this page for topics about individual resources.

A resource is a statement of configuration policy that:

  • Describes the desired state for a configuration item
  • Declares the steps needed to bring that item to the desired state
  • Specifies a resource type—such as package, template, or service
  • Lists additional details (also known as resource properties), as necessary
  • Are grouped into recipes, which describe working configu