non-npm backends

[TanmayaAPYL]

Possible for you to allow install of non-npm backends like this one?
https://github.com/lucidsoftware/statsd-smart-repeater

[mheffner]

@TanmayaA I feel like that may make the base statsd-cookbook bloated if we tried to support a lot of external backends this way. IMO, there should be a smart-repeater-cookbook that depends on the statsd-cookbook, but isolates any specific requirements for smart-repeater. Maybe the statsd-cookbook could have a resources function that made adding a backend to the base statsd configuration easier?

[TanmayaAPYL]

@mheffner Sorry, I missed notification of your reply. I'm ok to do a smart-repeater-cookbook, however, as you said we do need some function to make this happen, without having to override the statsd configuration itself. Possible for you add this feature sometime soon?

Thank you for your time and efforts!

[mheffner]

@TanmayaA Unsure when I'll have time to take a stab at this. If you've got some time to put a PR together I can certainly take a look.

I think if the resource merged attributes in the extra_config parameter it could work: https://github.com/librato/statsd-cookbook/blob/master/attributes/default.rb#L76

[TanmayaAPYL]

Thanks for the quick response. I have to work on it soon in any case. Will try to make a PR then.

[varunpalekar]

How can I add non npm backends since there is no attribute to include extra backends in main config.js file of statsd.