Chef Cookbook for AWS Developer Tools

Description

Setup AWS Developer Tools for easier AWS server management. http://aws.amazon.com/developertools

API and AutoScaling Tools require java; by default, OpenJDK is installed. See the java cookbook for information on how to install Oracle's JDK.

Requirements

• Ruby 1.9+
• Java
• Tested on Ubuntu 10.04

Attributes

• default['aws_developer_tools']['install_java?'] = true - set to false if you'd rather install java yourself
• default['aws_developer_tools']['install_ruby?'] = true - set to false if you'd rather install ruby yourself
• default['aws_developer_tools']['aws_access_key'] = 'Your Access Key' - you must set this if installing the API tools.
• default['aws_developer_tools']['aws_secret_key'] = 'Your Secret Key' - you must set this if installing the API tools.
• default['aws_developer_tools']['api']['source'] = 'http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-api-tools.zip' - set to whatever URL you want
• default['aws_developer_tools']['ami']['source'] = 'http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-ami-tools.zip' - set to whatever URL you want
• default['aws_developer_tools']['auto_scaling']['source'] = 'http://ec2-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/AutoScaling-2011-01-01.zip' - set to whatever URL you want

See Setting Attributes (Examples).

Recipes

• aws_developer_tools - sets up all of the below tools
• aws_developer_tools::ami - AMI tools. Requires Ruby
• aws_developer_tools::api - API tools. Requires Java
• aws_developer_tools::auto_scaling - Auto Scaling tools. Requires Java

Written by Anuj Biyani for Lytro