Updated to chef-client on FreeBSD (aka part III)

Essentially, I just need to add this:

supports :status => true, :restart => true, :reload => true

This means that it will start up the service if isn’t running. Now it works as expected when I add chef-client to the run list.

Here is the updated code:

when "bsd"
  case node['platform']
    when "freebsd"

      directory "/etc/rc.conf.d" do
        owner "root"
        group "wheel"
        mode "0644"
        action :create
      end
      template "/etc/rc.d/chef-client" do
        source "#{dist_dir}/rc.d/chef-client.erb"
        owner "root"
        group "wheel"
        mode 0755
      end

      template "/etc/rc.conf.d/chef" do
        source "#{dist_dir}/rc.conf.d/chef.erb"
        mode 0644
        notifies :start, "service[chef-client]", :delayed
      end

      service "chef-client" do
        supports :status => true, :restart => true, :reload => true
        action [:start]
      end

    else
      log "You specified service style 'bsd'. You will need to set up your rc.local file."
      log "Hint: chef-client -i #{node["chef_client"]["client_interval"]} -s #{node["chef_client"]["client_splay"]}"
  end
else
  log "Could not determine service init style, manual intervention required to start up the chef-client service."
end