Manages the ruby-build framework and its installed Rubies. A lightweight resources and providers (LWRP) is also defined.
Simply include recipe[ruby_build] in your run_list to have ruby-build
installed. You will also have access to the ruby_build_ruby resource. See
the Resources and Providers section for more details.
Tested on 0.10.8 but newer and older version should work just fine. File an issue if this isn't the case.
The following platforms have been tested with this cookbook, meaning that the recipes and LWRPs run on these platforms without error:
- ubuntu (10.04/10.10/11.04/11.10)
Please report any additional platforms so they can be added.
There are no external cookbook dependencies. However, if you are installing JRuby then a Java runtime will need to be installed. The Opscode java cookbook can be used on supported platforms.
Depending on the situation and use case there are several ways to install this cookbook. All the methods listed below assume a tagged version release is the target, but omit the tags to get the head of development. A valid Chef repository structure like the Opscode repo is also assumed.
To install this cookbook from the Opscode platform, use the knife command:
knife cookbook site install ruby_build
Librarian-Chef is a bundler for your Chef cookbooks.
Include a reference to the cookbook in a Cheffile and run
librarian-chef install. To install Librarian-Chef:
gem install librarian
cd chef-repo
librarian-chef init
To use the Opscode platform version:
echo "cookbook 'ruby_build'" >> Cheffile
librarian-chef install
Or to reference the Git version:
cat >> Cheffile <<END_OF_CHEFFILE
cookbook 'ruby_build',
:git => 'git://github.com/fnichol/chef-ruby_build.git', :ref => 'v0.6.2'
END_OF_CHEFFILE
librarian-chef install
The knife-github-cookbooks gem is a plugin for knife that supports installing cookbooks directly from a GitHub repository. To install with the plugin:
gem install knife-github-cookbooks
cd chef-repo
knife cookbook github install fnichol/chef-ruby_build/v0.6.2
If the cookbook needs to downloaded temporarily just to be uploaded to a Chef Server or Opscode Hosted Chef, then a tarball installation might fit the bill:
cd chef-repo/cookbooks
curl -Ls https://github.com/fnichol/chef-ruby_build/tarball/v0.6.2 | tar xfz - && \
mv fnichol-chef-ruby_build-* ruby_build
A dated practice (which is discouraged) is to add cookbooks as Git submodules. This is accomplishes like so:
cd chef-repo
git submodule add git://github.com/fnichol/chef-ruby_build.git cookbooks/ruby_build
git submodule init && git submodule update
Note: the head of development will be linked here, not a tagged release.
Installs the ruby-build codebase and initializes Chef to use the Lightweight Resources and Providers (LWRPs).
The Git URL which is used to install ruby-build.
The default is "git://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git".
A specific Git branch/tag/reference to use when installing ruby-build. For example, to pin ruby-build to a specific release:
node['ruby_build']['git_ref'] = "v20111030"
The default is "master".
The default base path for a system-wide installed Ruby. For example, the following resource:
ruby_build_ruby "1.9.3-p0"
will be installed into
"#{node['ruby_build']['default_ruby_base_path']}/1.9.3-p0" unless a
prefix_path attribute is explicitly set.
The default is "/usr/local/ruby".
Determines how to handle installing updates to the ruby-build framework. There are currently 2 valid values:
"none",false, ornil: will not update ruby-build and leave it in its current state."sync"ortrue: updates ruby-build to the version specified by thegit_refattribute or the head of the master branch by default.
The default is "none".
| Action | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| install | Build and install a Ruby from a definition file. See the ruby-build readme(1) for more details. | Yes |
| reinstall | Force a recompiliation of the Ruby from source. The :install action will skip a build if the target install directory already exists. |
| Attribute | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| definition | Name attribute: the name of a built-in definition(1) or the path to a ruby-build definition file. | nil |
| prefix_path | The path to which the Ruby will be installed. | nil |
| user |
A user which will own the installed Ruby. The default value of
nil denotes a system-wide Ruby (root-owned) is being
targeted. Note: if specified, the user must already exist.
|
nil |
| group |
A group which will own the installed Ruby. The default value of
nil denotes a system-wide Ruby (root-owned) is being
targeted. Note: if specified, the group must already exist.
|
nil |
ruby_build_ruby "1.9.3-p0" do
prefix_path "/usr/local/ruby/ruby-1.9.3-p0"
action :install
end
ruby_build_ruby "jruby-1.6.5"
Note: the install action is default, so the second example is more common.
ruby_build_ruby "maglev-1.0.0" do
prefix_path "/home/deploy/.rubies/maglev-1.0.0"
user "deploy"
group "deploy"
end
ruby_build_ruby "rbx-1.2.4" do
prefix_path "/opt/rbx-1.2.4"
action :reinstall
end
Note: the Ruby will be built whether or not the Ruby exists in the
prefix_path directory.
- Source hosted at GitHub
- Report issues/Questions/Feature requests on GitHub Issues
Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested. Ideally create a topic branch for every separate change you make.
Author:: [Fletcher Nichol][fnichol] (fnichol@nichol.ca)
Copyright 2011, Fletcher Nichol
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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