Chef Handler that reports to Riemann.

It reports when the Chef run starts and finishes, and outputs associated events depending on outcome.

This is available as a gem

Because this handler has support for start events, you can't use the chef_handler cookbook. Instead, it needs to be added to client.rb. The community chef-client cookbook can help with this, as it provides easy methods for making client.rb load the gem and add the handler. Example usage:

# Riemann handler
node.default['chef_client']['load_gems']['chef-handler-riemann'] = {}

[ 'start', 'report', 'exception' ].each do |type|
  node.default['chef_client']['config']["#{type}_handlers"] = [
    {
      :class => "Chef::Handler::Riemann",
      :arguments => [ { :host => "localhost" } ]
    }
  ]
end