Description

LWRP to install Mac OS X applications from zip archives.

Requirements

Chef

Tested on 0.10.2 but newer and older version should work just fine. File an
issue if this isn't the case.

Platform

Only for node[:platform] == "mac_os_x" platforms. Tested on Mac OS X 10.7
(Lion) and 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard).

Cookbooks

There are no external cookbook dependencies.

Installation

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.

From the Opscode Community Platform

To install this cookbook from the Opscode platform, use the knife command:

knife cookbook site install zip_app

Using Librarian

The Librarian gem aims to be Bundler for your Chef cookbooks.
Include a reference to the cookbook in a Cheffile and run
librarian-chef install. To install with Librarian:

gem install librarian
cd chef-repo
librarian-chef init
cat >> Cheffile < 'git://github.com/fnichol/chef-zip_app.git', :ref => 'v0.2.2'
END_OF_CHEFFILE
librarian-chef install

Using knife-github-cookbooks

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-zip_app/v0.2.2

As a Git Submodule

A common practice (which is getting dated) is to add cookbooks as Git
submodules. This is accomplishes like so:

cd chef-repo
git submodule add git://github.com/fnichol/chef-zip_app.git cookbooks/zip_app
git submodule init && git submodule update

Note: the head of development will be linked here, not a tagged release.

As a Tarball

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-zip_app/tarball/v0.2.2 | tar xfz - && \
  mv fnichol-chef-zip_app-* zip_app

Usage

Simply include recipe[zip_app] in your run_list and the
zip_app_package resource will be available.

To use recipe[zip_app::data_bag], include it in your run_list and have a
data bag called "apps" with an item called "mac_os_x" like the following:

{
  "id"        : "mac_os_x",
  "zip_apps"  : [
    { "name"        : "iTerm",
      "source"      : "http://iterm2.googlecode.com/files/iTerm2_v1_0_0.zip",
      "checksum"    : "2afad022b1e1f08b3ed40f0c2bde7bf7cce003852c83f85948c7f57a5578d9c5"
    },
    { "name"        : "Divvy",
      "source"      : "http://mizage.com/divvy/downloads/Divvy.zip"
    }
  ]
}

Alternatively, you can override the data bag and item by setting the
node['zip_app']['data_bag'] attribute to some like:

node['zip_app']['data_bag'] = ['apps', "workstation-mac"]

Recipes

default

Processes a list of zip_apps (which is emtpy by default) to be installed.

Use this recipe when you have a list of apps in node['zip_app']['apps'] or
when all you need is the zip_app_package LWRP.

data_bag

Fetches an list of zip_apps from a data bag item and appends it to the
node['zip_app']['apps'] attribute for processing. This recipe then includes
the default recipe, so there is no need to explicitly include recipe[zip_app].

Use this recipe when you want data bag driven data in your workflow.

Attributes

apps

An array of zip_app hashes. The keys in the hashes correspond to the attributes
passed to the zip_app_package LWRP. For example:

node['zip_app']['apps'] = [
  { 'name'      => 'iTerm',
    'source'    => 'http://iterm2.googlecode.com/files/iTerm2_v1_0_0.zip',
    'checksum'  => '2afad022b1e1f08b3ed40f0c2bde7bf7cce003852c83f85948c7f57a5578d9c5'
  },
  { 'name'      => 'GitHub',
    'source'    => 'https://github-central.s3.amazonaws.com/mac/GitHub%20for%20Mac%201.0.6.zip',
    'checksum'  => '1e95b3c16915efe171e53c2de31ae5b0b45cca6689a6923baa96cf754a06ed73'
  }
]

The default is an empty Array: [].

data_bag

The data bag and item containing a list of apps to be installed.. This is used
by the data_bag recipe. The default is ['apps', node['platform']].

Resources and Providers

zip_app_package

Actions

Attributes

Examples

Install Basic App

zip_app_package "Divvy" do
  source  "http://mizage.com/divvy/downloads/Divvy.zip"
end

Note: the install action is default.

Install App To Custom Destination

zip_app_package "GitHub" do
  source      "https://github-central.s3.amazonaws.com/mac/GitHub%20for%20Mac%201.0.6.zip"
  checksum    "1e95b3c16915efe171e53c2de31ae5b0b45cca6689a6923baa96cf754a06ed73"
  destination "#{ENV['HOME']}/Applications"
end

Note: GitHub.app will be installed to ~/Applications/GitHub.app,
and assumes that the directory exists.

Credits

This cookbook and LWRP patterns are heavily lifted with love from the
dmg, iterm2, 1password, and
ghmac cookbooks. Oh, and Joshua Timberman's
workstation blog post.

Development

• 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.

License and Author

Author:: Fletcher Nichol (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

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.