file

The file resource can create and maintain files. It checks for the existence and contents of a file on the system to determine if any changes need to be made. An onlyCreate flag is provided so that the content is only applied when a file is first created. Subsequent content changes are ignored when the onlyCreate flag is set to true. This is useful for creating file templates.

Parameters:

• path: (string, required) The path of the file (including the file name).

• contents: (string, required) The contents of the file

• onlyCreate: (boolean) Specify that the contents only matter when Codify creates a file. Additional file changes will not show up in the plan. Useful for templates

Example usage:

Create an .env file

codify.json

[
  {
    "type":  "file",
    "path": "~/projects/my-project/.env",
    "contents": "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\nAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=",
    "onlyCreate": true
  }
]

Configuration file

codify.json

[
  {
    "type":  "file",
    "path": "~/config.json",
    "contents": "... my configs"
  }
]