Mac App Store Cookbook

A Chef cookbook for installation of Mac App Store apps via the Mas CLI tool.

Requirements

Mas requires OS X 10.10+. As of v2.0, this cookbook requires Chef 12.5+ (or Chef 12.x and the compat_resource cookbook.

A user must be logged into OS X for Mas to operate properly.

Usage

Apps can be installed by using the included custom resources in recipes of your own, or with the predefined recipe and set of attributes.

Recipes

default

Installs the Mas CLI tool and an attribute-derived set of App Store apps.

Attributes

default

default['mac_app_store']['username'] = nil
default['mac_app_store']['password'] = nil

Set these two attributes with the Apple ID user and password you wish to log into the App Store as.

default['mac_app_store']['apps'] = {}

Set apps as keys+values under this space, where the key is the full app name and value is true to install it or false to not. For example:

default['mac_app_store']['apps']['Growl'] = true

Mas can be installed via Homebrew (:homebrew, the default) or GitHub download (:direct).

default['mac_app_store']['mas']['source'] = nil

If desired, a specific version of Mas can be installed rather than the latest:

default['mac_app_store']['mas']['version'] = nil

In certain circumstances-e.g. Chef running as root-it may be necessary to run Mas via the reattach-to-user-namespace utility:

default['mac_app_store']['mas']['use_rtun'] = nil

Resources

mac_app_store_mas

A custom resource to manage installation of the Mas CLI tool for interacting with the App Store.

Syntax:

mac_app_store_mas 'default' do
  source :direct
  version: '1.2.3'
  username 'example@example.com'
  password 'abc123'
  use_rtun false
  action %i(install sign_in)
end

Actions:

Action	Description
:install	Default; install the Mas CLI
:upgrade	Upgrade Mas, if available
:remove	Uninstall Mas
:sign_in	Use Mas to sign into the App Store
:sign_out	Sign out of the App Store
:upgrade_apps	Install any upgrades for apps on the system

Properties:

Property	Default	Description
source	:homebrew	Install from :homebrew or GitHub (:direct)
version	nil	The version of Mas to install
username	nil	An Apple ID username
password	nil	An Apple ID password
use_rtun	false	Use RtUN when shelling out to Mas
action	%i(install sign_in)	Action(s) to perform

mac_app_store_app

Used to install a single App Store app via Mas. Requires that an Apple ID be signed into.

Syntax:

mac_app_store_app 'Some App' do
  app_name 'Some App'
  use_rtun false
  action :install
end

Actions:

Action	Description
:install	Default; installs the given app
:upgrade	Upgrade or install the app

Properties:

Property	Default	Description
app_name	resource name	App name if it doesn't match resource name
use_rtun	false	Use RtUN when shelling out to Mas
action	:install	Action(s) to perform

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Add tests for the new feature; ensure they pass (bundle exec rake)
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create a new Pull Request
7. Watch the pull request and ensure the build passes

License & Authors

• Author: Jonathan Hartman j@p4nt5.com

Copyright 2015-2017, Jonathan Hartman

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

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.