Chef/Deprecations/ChefHandlerRecipe

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Deprecations

Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	Yes	All Versions

There is no need to include the empty and deprecated chef_handler::default recipe to use the chef_handler resource

Examples

# bad
include_recipe 'chef_handler'
include_recipe 'chef_handler::default'

# good
# the chef_handler resource ships in Chef Infra Client, so no recipe include is needed
chef_handler 'MyHandler' do
  source '/etc/chef/handlers/my_handler.rb'
  action :enable
end

Configurable attributes

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	6.12.0	String
Include		Array