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This cookbook installs a Java JDK/JRE. It defaults to installing
OpenJDK, but it can also install Oracle and IBM JDKs.

Usage

Simply include the java recipe wherever you would like Java installed, such as a run list (recipe[java]) or a cookbook (include_recipe 'java'). By default, OpenJDK 6 is installed. The install_flavor attribute is used to determine which JDK to install (OpenJDK, Oracle, IBM, or Windows), and jdk_version specifies which version to install (currently 6 and 7 are supported for all JDK types, 8 for Oracle only).

Examples

To install Oracle Java 7 (note that when installing Oracle JDK, accept_oracle_download_terms must be set -- see below for details):
ruby name "java" description "Install Oracle Java" default_attributes( "java" => { "install_flavor" => "oracle", "jdk_version" => "7", "oracle" => { "accept_oracle_download_terms" => true } } ) run_list( "recipe[java]" )

To install IBM flavored Java:
ruby name "java" description "Install IBM Java on Ubuntu" default_attributes( "java" => { "install_flavor" => "ibm", "ibm" => { "accept_ibm_download_terms" => true, "url" => "http://fileserver.example.com/ibm-java-x86_64-sdk-7.0-4.1.bin", "checksum" => "The SHA256 checksum of the bin" } } ) run_list( "recipe[java]" )

Requirements

Chef 0.10.10+ and Ohai 6.10+ for platform_family use.

Platform

Debian, Ubuntu
CentOS, Red Hat, Fedora, Scientific, Amazon, XenServer
ArchLinux
FreeBSD
SmartOS
Windows

Attributes

See attributes/default.rb for default values.

node['java']['install_flavor'] - Flavor of JVM you would like installed (oracle, openjdk, ibm, windows), default openjdk on Linux/Unix platforms, windows on Windows platforms.
node['java']['jdk_version'] - JDK version to install, defaults to '6'.
node['java']['java_home'] - Default location of the "$JAVA_HOME".
node['java']['set_etc_environment'] - Optionally sets JAVA_HOME in /etc/environment for Default false.
node['java']['openjdk_packages'] - Array of OpenJDK package names to install in the java::openjdk recipe. This is set based on the platform.
node['java']['tarball'] - Name of the tarball to retrieve from your internal repository, default jdk1.6.0_29_i386.tar.gz
node['java']['tarball_checksum'] - Checksum for the tarball, if you use a different tarball, you also need to create a new sha256 checksum
node['java']['jdk'] - Version and architecture specific attributes for setting the URL on Oracle's site for the JDK, and the checksum of the .tar.gz.
node['java']['oracle']['accept_oracle_download_terms'] - Indicates that you accept Oracle's EULA
node['java']['windows']['url'] - The internal location of your java install for windows
node['java']['windows']['package_name'] - The package name used by windows_package to check in the registry to determine if the install has already been run
node['java']['windows']['checksum'] - The checksum for the package to download on Windows machines (default is nil, which does not perform checksum validation)
node['java']['ibm']['url'] - The URL which to download the IBM JDK/SDK. See the ibm recipe section below.
node['java']['ibm']['accept_ibm_download_terms'] - Indicates that you accept IBM's EULA (for java::ibm)
node['java']['accept_license_agreement'] - Indicates that you accept the EULA for openjdk package installation.
node['java']['set_default'] - Indicates whether or not you want the JDK installed to be default on the system. Defaults to true.

Recipes

default

Include the default recipe in a run list or recipe to get java. By default
the openjdk flavor of Java is installed, but this can be changed by
using the install_flavor attribute. By default on Windows platform
systems, the install_flavor is windows.

OpenJDK is the default because of licensing changes made upstream by
Oracle. See notes on the oracle recipe below.

NOTE: In most cases, including just the default recipe will be sufficient.
It's possible to include the install_type recipes directly, as long as
the necessary attributes (such as java_home) are set.

set_attributes_from_version

Sets default attributes based on the JDK version. This is included by default.rb. This logic must be in
a recipe instead of attributes/default.rb. See #95
for details.

default_java_symlink

Updates /usr/lib/jvm/default-java to point to JAVA_HOME.

purge_packages

Purges deprecated Sun Java packages.

openjdk

This recipe installs the openjdk flavor of Java. It also uses the
alternatives system on RHEL/Debian families to set the default Java.

On platforms such as SmartOS that require the acceptance of a license
agreement during package installation, set
node['java']['accept_license_agreement'] to true in order to indicate
that you accept the license.

oracle

This recipe installs the oracle flavor of Java. This recipe does not
use distribution packages as Oracle changed the licensing terms with
JDK 1.6u27 and prohibited the practice for both RHEL and Debian family
platforms.

As of 26 March 2012 you can no longer directly download the JDK from
Oracle's website without using a special cookie. This cookbook uses
that cookie to download the oracle recipe on your behalf, however the
java::oracle recipe forces you to set either override the
node['java']['oracle']['accept_oracle_download_terms'] to true or
set up a private repository accessible by HTTP.

override the accept_oracle_download_terms in, e.g., roles/base.rb
ruby default_attributes( :java => { :oracle => { "accept_oracle_download_terms" => true } } )

For both RHEL and Debian families, this recipe pulls the binary
distribution from the Oracle website, and installs it in the default
JAVA_HOME for each distribution. For Debian, this is
/usr/lib/jvm/default-java. For RHEl, this is /usr/lib/jvm/java.

After putting the binaries in place, the java::oracle recipe updates
/usr/bin/java to point to the installed JDK using the
update-alternatives script. This is all handled in the java_ark
LWRP.

oracle_i386

This recipe installs the 32-bit Java virtual machine without setting
it as the default. This can be useful if you have applications on the
same machine that require different versions of the JVM.

This recipe operates in a similar manner to java::oracle.

oracle_rpm

This recipe installs the Oracle JRE or JDK provided by a custom YUM
repositories.
It also uses the alternatives system on RHEL families to set
the default Java.

windows

Because there is no easy way to pull the java msi off oracle's site,
this recipe requires you to host it internally on your own http repo.

IMPORTANT NOTE

If you use the windows recipe, you'll need to make sure you've uploaded
the aws and windows cookbooks. As of version 1.18.0, this cookbook
references them with suggests instead of depends, as they are only
used by the windows recipe.

ibm

The java::ibm recipe is used to install the IBM version of Java.
Note that IBM requires you to create an account and log in to
download the binary installer for your platform. You must accept the
license agreement with IBM to use their version of Java. In this
cookbook, you indicate this by setting
node['java']['ibm']['accept_ibm_download_terms'] to true. You must
also host the binary on your own HTTP server to have an automated
installation. The node['java']['ibm']['url'] attribute must be set
to a valid https/http URL; the URL is checked for validity in the recipe.

At this time the java::ibm recipe does not support multiple SDK
installations.

Resources/Providers

java_ark

This cookbook contains the java_ark LWRP. Generally speaking this
LWRP is deprecated in favor of ark from the
ark cookbook, but it is
still used in this cookbook for handling the Oracle JDK installation.

By default, the extracted directory is extracted to
app_root/extracted_dir_name and symlinked to app_root/default

Actions

:install: extracts the tarball and makes necessary symlinks
:remove: removes the tarball and run update-alternatives for all symlinked bin_cmds

Attribute Parameters

url: path to tarball, .tar.gz, .bin (oracle-specific), and .zip currently supported
checksum: SHA256 checksum, not used for security but avoid redownloading the archive on each chef-client run
app_home: the default for installations of this type of application, for example, /usr/lib/tomcat/default. If your application is not set to the default, it will be placed at the same level in the directory hierarchy but the directory name will be app_root/extracted_directory_name + "_alt"
app_home_mode: file mode for app_home, is an integer
bin_cmds: array of binary commands that should be symlinked to /usr/bin, examples are mvn, java, javac, etc. These cmds must be in the bin subdirectory of the extracted folder. Will be ignored if this java_ark is not the default
owner: owner of extracted directory, set to "root" by default
default: whether this the default installation of this package, boolean true or false

Examples

# install jdk6 from Oracle
java_ark "jdk" do
    url 'http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u29-b11/jdk-6u29-linux-x64.bin'
    checksum  'a8603fa62045ce2164b26f7c04859cd548ffe0e33bfc979d9fa73df42e3b3365'
    app_home '/usr/local/java/default'
    bin_cmds ["java", "javac"]
    action :install
end

java_alternatives

The java_alternatives LWRP uses update-alternatives command
to set and unset command alternatives for various Java tools
such as java, javac, etc.

Actions

:set: set alternatives for Java tools
:unset: unset alternatives for Java tools

Attribute Parameters

java_location: Java installation location.
bin_cmds: array of Java tool names to set or unset alternatives on.
default: whether to set the Java tools as system default. Boolean, defaults to true.
priority: priority of the alternatives. Integer, defaults to 1061.

Examples

# set alternatives for java and javac commands
java_alternatives "set java alternatives" do
    java_location '/usr/local/java'
    bin_cmds ["java", "javac"]
    action :set
end

Production Deployment with Oracle Java

Oracle has been known to change the behavior of its download site frequently. It is recommended you store the archives on an artifact server or s3 bucket. You can then override the attributes in a cookbook, role, or environment:

default['java']['jdk_version'] = '7'
default['java']['install_flavor'] = 'oracle'
default['java']['jdk']['7']['x86_64']['url'] = 'http://artifactory.example.com/artifacts/jdk-7u65-linux-x64.tar.gz'
default['java']['oracle']['accept_oracle_download_terms'] = true

Recommendations for inclusion in community cookbooks

This cookbook is a dependency for many other cookbooks in the Java/Chef sphere. Here are some guidelines for including it into other cookbooks:

Allow people to not use this cookbook

Many users manage Java on their own or have systems that already have java installed. Give these users an option to skip this cookbook, for example:
ruby include_recipe 'java' if node['maven']['install_java']

This would allow a users of the maven cookbook to choose if they want the maven cookbook to install java for them or leave that up to the consumer.

Another good example is from the Jenkins Cookbook Java recipe.

Pinning to major version of cookbook and Java

This cookbook follows semver. It is recommended to pin at the major version of this cookbook when including it in other cookbooks, eg: depends 'java', '~> 1.0'

It is acceptable to set the node['java']['jdk_version'] to a specific version if required for your software to run, eg software xyz requires Java 8 to run. Refrain from pinning to specific patches of the JDK to allow users to consume security updates.

Development

This cookbook uses
test-kitchen for
integration tests and
ChefSpec/RSpec for unit tests.
See TESTING.md for testing instructions.

At this time due to licensing concerns, the IBM recipe is not set up
in test kitchen. If you would like to test this locally, copy
.kitchen.yml to .kitchen.local.yml and add the following suite:
yml suites: - name: ibm run_list: ["recipe[java]"] attributes: java: install_flavor: "ibm" ibm: accept_ibm_download_terms: true url: "http://jenkins/ibm-java-x86_64-sdk-7.0-4.1.bin" checksum: the-sha256-checksum

Log into the IBM DeveloperWorks site to download a copy of the IBM
Java SDK you wish to use/test, host it on an internal HTTP server, and
calculate the SHA256 checksum to use in the suite.

License and Author

Author: Seth Chisamore (schisamo@opscode.com)
Author: Bryan W. Berry (bryan.berry@gmail.com)
Author: Joshua Timberman (joshua@opscode.com)
Author: Eric Helgeson (erichelgeson@gmail.com)

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
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Platform

Attributes

Recipes

default

set_attributes_from_version

default_java_symlink

purge_packages

openjdk

oracle

oracle_i386

oracle_rpm

windows

ibm

Resources/Providers

java_ark

Actions

Attribute Parameters

Examples

java_alternatives

Actions

Attribute Parameters

Examples

Production Deployment with Oracle Java

Recommendations for inclusion in community cookbooks

Allow people to not use this cookbook

Pinning to major version of cookbook and Java

Development

License and Author

Dependent cookbooks

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Updated August 1, 2014 Created on October 25, 2009

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