nginx-pkg Cookbook

Installs NGINX from a System Package.

This cookbook is concerned with installing NGINX from a system package sourced
from package repositories installed on the server.

Requirements

• Chef 11 or higher
• Ruby 1.9 or higher (preferably from the Chef full-stack installer)
• Network accessible package repositories

Attributes

nginx-pkg::default

The default cookbook installs NGINX from a system package.

• ['nginx-pkg']['package']['name']
  • Type: String
  • Description: The name of the NGINX system package to be installed.
  • Default: nginx
• ['nginx-pkg']['package']['version']
  • Type: String/Array
  • Description: The version of the NGINX system package to be installed. This defaults to the most current version of the package as determined by repository priority & settings.
  • Default: ''

Usage

nginx-pkg::default

Just include nginx-pkg in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[nginx-pkg]"
  ]
}

If you are on a RHEL system, you may want to:
json
{
"name":"my_node",
"run_list": [
"recipe[yum-epel]",
"recipe[nginx-pkg]"
]
}


If you want to install the NGINX vendor package, you may want to:
json
{
"name":"my_node",
"run_list": [
"recipe[nginx-repo]",
"recipe[nginx-pkg]"
]
}


Contributing

1. Fork the repository on GitHub
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using GitHub

Development Environment

This repository contains a Vagrantfile which can be used to spin up a
fully configured development environment in Vagrant.

Vagrant requires the following:
- VirtualBox
- Vagrant

The Vagrant environment for this repository is based on:
- st-isidore-de-seville/trusty64-rvm-docker

The Vagrant environment will initialize itself to:
- install required Ruby gems
- run integration testing via kitchen-docker when calling kitchen

The Vagrant environment can be spun up by performing the following commands:

1. vagrant up
2. vagrant ssh
3. cd /vagrant

Authors

• Author:: St. Isidore de Seville (st.isidore.de.seville@gmail.com)

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 St. Isidore de Seville (st.isidore.de.seville@gmail.com)

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