Machine Actions

The finite state machine for machine actions:

• :allocate go get a receipt that says someone will give you some ssh

• :ready keep showing them the receipt till they let you ssh in

• :setup ssh in and install chef-client, copy over chef-related data

• :converge_only run chef-client, but only if :ready

• :converge default and alias for doing all of the above in order

• :stop power off? How do I get it back on again?

When writing a driver, you will store the machine state in various areas: