vmware_workstation Cookbook

Installs and configures VMware Workstation 10

Requirements

Platforms

• Ubuntu - 64-bit.
• Windows - 32-bit and 64-bit.

Cookbooks

• windows - required to use the windows_package resource that installs on the Windows platform.

Attributes

vmware_workstation::ubuntu

<table>
<tr>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['accept_eula']</tt></td>
<td>Boolean</td>
<td>whether to accept the end user license agreement</td>
<td><tt>true</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['serial_number']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>the product serial number</td>
<td><tt>nil</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['source_prefix']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>the uri of the source (do <u>not</u> include a trailing slash)</td>
<td><tt>nil</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['install_file']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>the name of the installer file</td>
<td><tt>VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.2-1744117.x86_64.bundle</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['checksum']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>the SHA1SUM checksum</td>
<td><tt>f32b72ecfc8b808731e97c3d478a1cda78427aaf</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>

vmware_workstation::windows

<table>
<tr>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['accept_eula']</tt></td>
<td>Boolean</td>
<td>whether to accept the end user license agreement</td>
<td><tt>true</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['serial_number']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>the product serial number</td>
<td><tt>nil</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['source_prefix']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>the uri of the source (do <u>not</u> include a trailing slash)</td>
<td><tt>nil</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['install_file']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>the name of the installer file</td>
<td><tt>VMware-workstation-full-10.0.2-1744117.exe</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['vmware_workstation']['checksum']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>the SHA1SUM checksum</td>
<td><tt>f7826612ceccadf2f6b09b24305c16c32865e48e</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>

Usage

vmware_workstation::default

Just include vmware_workstation in your node's run_list:

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

vmware_workstation::ubuntu

Include vmware_workstation::ubuntu in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[vmware_workstation::ubuntu]"
  ]
}

vmware_workstation::windows

Include vmware_workstation::windows in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[vmware_workstation::windows]"
  ]
}

Testing this cookbook

This cookbook uses chefspec and test-kitchen
along with kitchen-vagrant. Update the Vagrantfile and .kitchen.yml files wherever it has 'REPLACE_ME'.

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)
   • test-kitchen (minitest)
   • chef-spec
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: dl_teamengineering@daptiv.com