parameterize waiting for server to be up

README.md

@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ The cookbook provides the following attributes to configure the GoCD server:
 * `node['gocd']['server']['max_perm_gen']` - The server maximum JVM permgen space. Defaults to `400m`.
 * `node['gocd']['server']['work_dir']` - The server working directory. Defaults to `/var/lib/go-server`.
 
+Chef cookbook waits for server to become responsive after restarting service.
+These attributes can be used to tune it:
+
+* `node['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retry_delay']` - pause in seconds between failed attempts.
+* `node['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retries']` - number of attempts before giving up.
+Set 0 to disable waiting at all. Defaults to 10
+
 # GoCD Agent
 
 gocd::agent will install and start a GoCD agent.

attributes/server.rb

@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@
 default['gocd']['server']['work_dir']     = "/var/lib/go-server"
 
 default['gocd']['server']['environments'] = {}
+
+default['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retry_delay'] = 10
+default['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retries']     = 10

recipes/server_linux.rb

@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
 service "go-server" do
   supports :status => true, :restart => true, :start => true, :stop => true
   action [:enable, :start]
-  notifies :get, 'http_request[verify_go-server_comes_up]', :immediately
+  if node['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retries'] != 0
+    notifies :get, 'http_request[verify_go-server_comes_up]', :immediately
+  end
 end
 
 http_request 'verify_go-server_comes_up' do
   url         "http://localhost:#{node['gocd']['server']['http_port']}/go/home"
-  retry_delay 10
-  retries     10
+  retry_delay node['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retry_delay']
+  retries     node['gocd']['server']['wait_up']['retries']
   action      :nothing
 end