#rackspace_java

This cookbook installs a Java JDK/JRE. It defaults to installing OpenJDK, but it can also install Oracle. Default JDK version is 6.

This fork is based on the great work in the java community cookbook by socrata

IMPORTANT NOTE

As of 26 March 2012 you can no longer directly download the JDK from Oracle's website without using a special cookie. This cookbook uses that cookie to download the oracle recipe on your behalf, however the rackspace_java::oracle recipe forces you to set either override the node['rackspace_java']['oracle']['accept_oracle_download_terms'] to true or set up a private repository accessible by HTTP.

override the accept_oracle_download_terms in, e.g., roles/base.rb

default_attributes(
  :java => {
     :oracle => {
       "accept_oracle_download_terms" => true
     }
   }
)

Chef 0.10.10+ and Ohai 6.10+ for platform_family use.

• Debian, Ubuntu
• CentOS/Red Hat 6+

See attributes/default.rb for default values.

• node['rackspace_java']['install_flavor'] - Flavor of JVM you would like installed (oracle, openjdk, oracele_rpm or oracle_i586), default openjdk.
• node['rackspace_java']['jdk_version'] - JDK version to install, defaults to '7'.
• node['rackspace_java']['java_home'] - Default location of the "$JAVA_HOME".
• node['rackspace_java']['openjdk_packages'] - Array of OpenJDK package names to install in the java::openjdk recipe. This is set based on the platform.
• node['rackspace_java']['jdk'] - Version and architecture specific attributes for setting the URL on Oracle's site for the JDK, and the checksum of the .tar.gz.
• node['rackspace_java']['oracle']['accept_oracle_download_terms'] - Indicates that you accept Oracle's EULA

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 is the default because of licensing changes made upstream by Oracle. See notes on the oracle recipe below.

NOTE: In most cases, including just the default recipe will be sufficient. It's possible to include the install_type recipes directly, as long as the necessary attributes (such as java_home) are set.

Sets default attributes based on the JDK version. This logic must be in a recipe instead of attributes/default.rb. See #95 for details.

Purges deprecated Sun Java packages.

This recipe installs the openjdk flavor of Java. It also uses the alternatives system on RHEL/Debian families to set the default Java.

This recipe installs the oracle flavor of Java. This recipe does not use distribution packages as Oracle changed the licensing terms with JDK 1.6u27 and prohibited the practice for both RHEL and Debian family platforms.

For both RHEL and Debian families, this recipe pulls the binary distribution from the Oracle website, and installs it in the default JAVA_HOME for each distribution. For Debian, this is /usr/lib/jvm/default-java. For RHEl, this is /usr/lib/jvm/java.

After putting the binaries in place, the java::oracle recipe updates /usr/bin/java to point to the installed JDK using the update-alternatives script. This is all handled in the java_ark LWRP.

This recipe installs the 32-bit Java virtual machine without setting it as the default. This can be useful if you have applications on the same machine that require different versions of the JVM.

This recipe operates in a similar manner to java::oracle.

This recipe installs the Oracle JRE or JDK provided by a custom YUM repositories. It also uses the alternatives system on RHEL families to set the default Java.

This cookbook contains the java_ark LWRP. Generally speaking this LWRP is deprecated in favor of ark from the ark cookbook, but it is still used in this cookbook for handling the Oracle JDK installation.

By default, the extracted directory is extracted to app_root/extracted_dir_name and symlinked to app_root/default

• :install: extracts the tarball and makes necessary symlinks
• :remove: removes the tarball and run update-alternatives for all symlinked bin_cmds

• url: path to tarball, .tar.gz, .bin (oracle-specific), and .zip currently supported
• checksum: SHA256 checksum, not used for security but avoid redownloading the archive on each chef-client run
• app_home: the default for installations of this type of application, for example, /usr/lib/tomcat/default. If your application is not set to the default, it will be placed at the same level in the directory hierarchy but the directory name will be app_root/extracted_directory_name + "_alt"
• app_home_mode: file mode for app_home, is an integer
• bin_cmds: array of binary commands that should be symlinked to /usr/bin, examples are mvn, java, javac, etc. These cmds must be in the bin subdirectory of the extracted folder. Will be ignored if this java_ark is not the default
• owner: owner of extracted directory, set to "root" by default
• default: whether this the default installation of this package, boolean true or false

# install jdk6 from Oracle
java_ark "jdk" do
    url 'http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u29-b11/jdk-6u29-linux-x64.bin'
    checksum  'a8603fa62045ce2164b26f7c04859cd548ffe0e33bfc979d9fa73df42e3b3365'
    app_home '/usr/local/java/default'
    bin_cmds ["java", "javac"]
    action :install
end

The rackspace_java_alternatives LWRP uses update-alternatives command to set and unset command alternatives for various Java tools such as java, javac, etc.

• :set: set alternatives for Java tools
• :unset: unset alternatives for Java tools

• java_location: Java installation location.
• bin_cmds: array of Java tool names to set or unset alternatives on.
• default: whether to set the Java tools as system default. Boolean, defaults to true.
• priority: priority of the alternatives. Integer, defaults to 1061.

# set alternatives for java and javac commands
rackspace_java_alternatives "set java alternatives" do
    java_location '/usr/local/java`
    bin_cmds ["java", "javac"]
    action :set
end

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

To install Oracle flavored Java override the node['rackspace_java']['install_flavor'] attribute with in role:

name "java"
description "Install Oracle Java on Ubuntu"
default_attributes(
  "java" => {
    "install_flavor" => "oracle"
  }
)
run_list(
  "recipe[java]"
)

Please see CONTRIBUTING guidelines here

Please see TESTING guidelines here

• Author: Seth Chisamore ([email protected])
• Author: Bryan W. Berry ([email protected])
• Author: Joshua Timberman ([email protected])
• Author: Ryan Richard ([email protected])

Copyright: 2008-2013, Opscode, Inc Copyright: 2014, Rackspace, US Inc

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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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