Adding a Directive

Directives allow the Gyro language to be extended. They allow access to manipulate the current and pending Gyro configuration, execute code, or add settings to be used later.

Directives are processed as they are encountered during parsing. This allows directives to add, remove, or modify resources prior to the diff engine running.

The following directives are provided out-of-the-box:

Directive	Function
@print	Print something in the console.
@repository	Get access to external repositories.
@wait	Lets you wait between two Gyro actions conditionally.
@extends	Ability to copy resource configurations with optional exception fields.
@plugin	Attach a Gyro plugin to the language. Each cloud provider (aws or azure or pingdom) is a plugin.

• Implementing a Directive
• Using a Directive