xinetd cookbook

Description

This cookbook provides custom resources for installing, configuring, and managing the xinetd extended internet services daemon. See AGENTS.md for platform availability details and migration.md for the custom-resource migration guide.

Maintainers

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Requirements

Platforms

Platform	Versions
AlmaLinux	8
Debian	12, 13
Oracle Linux	8
Rocky Linux	8
Ubuntu	22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS

See AGENTS.md for architecture, package availability, and legacy platform details.

Chef Version

Chef 15.3+

Resources

xinetd_install

Installs or removes the xinetd package. See documentation/xinetd_install.md.

xinetd_install 'default'

xinetd_config

Configures xinetd: creates /etc/xinetd.d/, renders /etc/xinetd.conf, and manages the xinetd service. See documentation/xinetd_config.md.

xinetd_config 'default' do
  log_type 'SYSLOG daemon info'
  cps '50 10'
  instances '50'
end

xinetd_service

Manages an xinetd service definition in /etc/xinetd.d/. See documentation/xinetd_service.md.

xinetd_service 'discard-stream' do
  service_name 'discard'
  id 'discard-stream'
  type 'INTERNAL'
  wait false
  socket_type 'stream'
  action :enable
end

Boolean property values (true/false) are automatically rendered as yes/no. Array values are joined with a space.

xinetd_builtin_services

Manages xinetd builtin (INTERNAL) services: chargen, daytime, discard, echo, time, and tcpmux-server. See documentation/xinetd_builtin_services.md.

xinetd_builtin_services 'default'

To disable specific services:

xinetd_builtin_services 'default' do
  chargen_stream_enabled false
  chargen_dgram_enabled false
  tcpmux_server_enabled false
end

Author

Author:: Steven Danna

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