Chef Client Cookbook to run from local system : Download File from artifactory

We can use chef receipes to download the files from artifactory 

To verify current chef client version we can use the below command

Chef-shell --version

We will get output like 

Chef Infra Client :  18.4.12 

1. Go to cookbooks

cd ~/cookbooks/

2. Create a directory for cookbook and recipe using the following structure.

mkdir -p downloads/recipes

3. Go to the directory

 cd downloads/recipes

4. Create a below file to download file

vi FileDownload.rb

5. Paste the below content in the file Filedownload.rb

#Cookbook : downloads
#Recipe : FileDownload.rb
#To Download the file from artifactory using the curl script
execute 'Download File'
user 'root'
command 'curl -o ~/cookbooks/downloads/recipes/File.txt -O https://artifactory.srv.mytest.com.au/application/env/File.txt'
live_stream true
action : run
end

6. Save the file using esc+:wq and run using the below command

chef-client -zr recipe[downloads::FileDownload]

7.  Alternatively we can run the chef cookbook using below command

chef-client --local-mode --runlist 'recipe[downloads::FileDownload]'

8. We can use native chef resource to download the file

#Cookbook : downloads 
#Recipe : FileDownload.rb
#To Download the file from artifactory chef resource and keep in required folder

remote_file '/tmp/File.txt' do
source 'https://artifactory.srv.mytest.com.au/application/env/File.txt'
owner 'root'
group 'root'
action :create
end

execute 'move file' do
command 'mv /tmp/File.txt ~/cookbooks/downloads/recipes/File.txt'
action :run
not_if {::File.exist?('~/cookbooks/downloads/recipes/File.txt')}
end