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Description

Installs a Java. Uses OpenJDK by default but supports installation of the Sun's Java.

Requirements

Platform

  • Debian, Ubuntu
  • CentOS, Red Hat, Fedora

Cookbooks

  • apt

Attributes

  • node["java"]["install_flavor"] - Flavor of JVM you would like installed (sun or openjdk), default openjdk.

Recipes

default

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

openjdk

This recipe installs the openjdk flavor of Java.

sun

This recipe installs the sun flavor of Java.

On Debian and Ubuntu systems the recipe will add the correct apt repository (non-free on Debian or partner on Ubuntu), pre-seed the package and update java alternatives.

On Red Hat flavored Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora), the installation of the Sun flavor of Java is slightly more complicated as the rpm package is not readily available in any public Yum repository. The Sun JDK rpm package can be downloaded directly from Sun but comes wrapped as a compressed bin file. After the file has been downloaded, decompressed and license accepted the rpm package (names something like jdk-6u25-ea-linux-amd64.rpm) can be retrieved by this recipe using the remote_file or cookbook_file resources. The recipe will choose the correct resource based on the existence (or non-existence) of the node['sun']['rpm_url'] attribute. See below for an example role using this attribute in the proper way. If you would like to deliver the rpm package file as part of this cookbook place the rpm package file in the files/default directory and the cookbook will retrieve the file during installation.

Usage

Simply include the java recipe where ever you would like Java installed.

To install Sun flavored Java on Debian or Ubuntu override the node['java']['install_flavor'] attribute with in role:

name "java"
description "Install Sun Java on Ubuntu"
override_attributes(
  "java" => {
    "install_flavor" => "sun"
  }
)
run_list(
  "recipe[java]"
)

On RedHat flavored Linux be sure to set the rpm_url and rpm_checksum attributes if you placed the rpm file on a remote server:

name "java"
description "Install Sun Java on CentOS"
override_attributes(
  "java" => {
    "install_flavor" => "sun",
    "version" => "6u25",
    "rpm_url" => "https://mycompany.s3.amazonaws.com/sun_jdk",
    "rpm_checksum" => "c473e3026f991e617710bad98f926435959303fe084a5a31140ad5ad75d7bf13"
  }
)
run_list(
  "recipe[java]"
)

License and Author

Author:: Seth Chisamore ([email protected])

Copyright:: 2008-2011, Opscode, Inc

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 limitations under the License.