Chef/Modernize/SimplifyAptPpaSetup

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Modernize

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

The apt_repository resource allows setting up PPAs without using the full URL to ppa.launchpad.net, which should be used to simplify the resource code in your cookbooks.

Examples

# bad
apt_repository 'atom-ppa' do
  uri 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu'
  components ['main']
  keyserver 'keyserver.ubuntu.com'
  key 'C2518248EEA14886'
end

# good
apt_repository 'atom-ppa' do
  uri 'ppa:webupd8team/atom'
  components ['main']
  keyserver 'keyserver.ubuntu.com'
  key 'C2518248EEA14886'
end

Configurable attributes

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	5.21.0	String
Include		Array