cpu Cookbook

Manage CPU Governor on linux

Requirements

Platforms

• Debian 12+
• Ubuntu 22.04+

Chef

• Chef 15.3+

Cookbooks

No dependencies defined

Usage

This cookbook is resource-based. Configure CPU behavior through resource properties rather than cookbook attributes or recipes.

Resources

• cpu_affinity
• cpu_governor
• cpu_nice

cpu_affinity

Actions

• set: Default action.

Properties

• pid:
• cpu:

Examples

cpu_affinity 1234 do
  cpu 0
end

Set affinity to processor 0,1,2 for process nginx

cpu_affinity 'set affinity for nginx' do
  pid '/var/run/nginx.pid'
  cpu '0-2'
end

cpu_governor

Actions

• set: Default action.

Properties

• governor:
• cpus: Defaults to all detected CPUs.
• package_name: Defaults to "cpufrequtils".

Examples

cpu_governor 'ondemand'

Set the governor for a subset of CPUs

cpu_governor 'performance' do
  cpus [0, 1]
end

cpu_nice

Actions

• set: Default action.

Properties

• pid:
• priority:

Examples

cpu_nice 1234 do
  priority 12
end

cpu_nice 'set affinity for nginx' do
  pid '/var/run/nginx.pid'
  priority 19
end

License and Maintainer

Original Maintainer:: Guilhem Lettron

License:: Apache v2.0

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