Chef cookbook of ruby install by rbenv. Can specify ruby versions into node attributes.

Depends

• rbenv

Recipes

default

Install rubyies that specified in node attributes.

keep-group-write

To keep group write of rbenv versions directory for installing gems by rbenv group user.

This feature is using cron.

Attributes

Global ruby version.

node.default[:rbenv_install_rubies][:global_version] = '2.0.0-p247'

List of other versions.

node.default[:rbenv_install_rubies][:other_versions] = []

List of preinstalled gems for rubies.

node.default[:rbenv_install_rubies][:gems] = ['bundler', 'rbenv-rehash', 'pry']

List of OS package names that is required by compiling ruby and some gems.

node.default[:rbenv_install_rubies][:lib_packages] = []

Sample json

Just install rubies

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[rbenv-install-rubies]"
  ],
  "rbenv_install_rubies": {
    "global_version": "2.0.0-p247",
    "other_versions": ["1.9.3-p448"],
    "gems": ["bundler", "rbenv-rehash", "pry", {"nokogiri" => {"version" => "1.5.10"}}],
    "lib_packages": ["libxml2-devel", "libxslt-devel"]
  }
}

With keep group write feature

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[rbenv-install-rubies]"
    "recipe[rbenv-install-rubies::keep-group-write]"
  ],
  "rbenv": {
   "group_users": ["john", "mike"]
  ],
  "rbenv_install_rubies": {
    "global_version": "2.0.0-p247",
    "other_versions": ["1.9.3-p448"],
    "gems": ["bundler", "rbenv-rehash", "pry", {"nokogiri" => {"version" => "1.5.10"}}],
    "lib_packages": ["libxml2-devel", "libxslt-devel"]
  }
}

Specs

This cookbook is tested by below things.

• serverspec
• Vagrant
• Berkshelf

How to run specs

$ git clone https://github.com/akahigeg/rbenv-install-rubies-cookbook.git
$ cd rbenv-install-rubies-cookbook
$ vagrant up
$ bundle install
$ bundle exec rake spec

Tips

For ruby 1.8.7 system

Latest version of rbenv cookbook dose not support ruby 1.8.7 already. But ruby 1.8.7 is still preinstalled on many environment.

You need to specify rbenv cookbook version on ruby 1.8.7 systems.

This is Berkfile sample.

site :opscode

cookbook 'rbenv', '~> 1.5.0' # for Ruby 1.8.7 system
cookbook 'rbenv-install-rubies'