Homebrew Packages

Manages homebrew packages through attributes.

Requirements

Platforms

• mac_os_x

Chef

• Chef 12.0 or later

Attributes

Determine if failures should be ignored(Default: false):

{
  "homebrew_packages" : {
    "ignore_failure" : true
  }
}

Global install options that will be run with each choco install (Default: [])

{
  "homebrew_packages" : {
    "install_options" : [
      "--debug"
    ]
  }
}

Define packages:

{
  "homebrew_packages" : {
    "packages" : {
      "vim": {
        "action": "8.0.0311"
      },
      "wget": {
        "action": "upgrade"
       },
      "nginx": {
        "action": "install",
        "install_options": [
          "--only-dependencies"
         ]
      },
      "sl": {
        "action": "purge"
      }
    }
  }
}

The action field follows the same actions as this documentation, it also can take a version number.

Usage

homebrew_packages::default

Just include homebrew_packages in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[homebrew_packages]"
  ]
}