vmware-tools Cookbook

Installs VMWare Tools

Currently only tested on Ubuntu 12.04 and the binary install will only work with Ubuntu. The source install however should work on other distributions but is not tested.

Requirements

platforms

• Ubuntu 12.04
• RHEL (CentOS,Oracle) 6.4

cookbooks

• ark - used to download the source tar.gz file
• apt - used to add package repo for binary
• yum - used to add package repo for binary

Attributes

vmware-tools::default

Key	Type	Description	Default
['vmware_tools']['install_method']	String	can be either binary or source	binary
['vmware_tools']['version']	String	the version of vmware to use (Binary only)	5.1
['vmware_tools']['latest']	Boolean	the install latest package version (Binary only)	true
['vmware_tools']['headless']	Boolean	whether to just install headless tools (Binary only)	true
['vmware_tools']['repo']	String	the repository to use (Binary only)	http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/
['vmware_tools']['repo_key']	String	the repository key (Binary only)	http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub
['vmware_tools']['source_url']	String	the url to pull the vmware tar.gz from (Source only)	nil
['vmware_tools']['installed']	Boolean	whether the vmware tools are installed, gets set by source recipe(Source only)	false

Usage

vmware-tools::source

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "normal": {
    "vmware_tools": {
      "install_method": "source",
      "source_url": "http://mysourceurl.com/vmwaretools.tar.gz"
    }
  },
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[vmware-tools]"
  ]
}

vmware-tools::binary

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[vmware-tools]"
  ]
}

Contributing

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

License and Authors

License: MIT

Authors:

• Jim Rosser - jarosser06@tamu.edu