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# Our Boxen | 1 | 1 | # Our Boxen | |
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This is a template Boxen project designed for your organization to fork and | 3 | 3 | This is a template Boxen project designed for your organization to fork and | |
modify appropriately. | 4 | 4 | modify appropriately. | |
The Boxen rubygem and the Boxen puppet modules are only a framework for getting | 5 | 5 | The Boxen rubygem and the Boxen puppet modules are only a framework for getting | |
things done. | 6 | 6 | things done. | |
This repository template is just a basic example of _how_ to do things with them. | 7 | 7 | This repository template is just a basic example of _how_ to do things with them. | |
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## Getting Started | 9 | 9 | ## Getting Started | |
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1. Install Xcode Command Line Tools and/or full Xcode. | 11 | 11 | 1. Install Xcode Command Line Tools and/or full Xcode. | |
* If using full Xcode, you'll need to agree to the license by running: `xcodebuild -license` | 12 | 12 | * If using full Xcode, you'll need to agree to the license by running: `xcodebuild -license` | |
1. Create a new repository on GitHub as your user for your Boxen. (eg. | 13 | 13 | 1. Create a new repository on GitHub as your user for your Boxen. (eg. | |
`wfarr/my-boxen`). **Make sure it is a private repository!** | 14 | 14 | `wfarr/my-boxen`). **Make sure it is a private repository!** | |
1. Use your install of [boxen-web](https://github.com/boxen/boxen-web) or get running manually like so: | 15 | 15 | 1. Use your install of [boxen-web](https://github.com/boxen/boxen-web) or get running manually like so: | |
``` | 16 | 16 | ``` | |
sudo mkdir -p /opt/boxen | 17 | 17 | sudo mkdir -p /opt/boxen | |
sudo chown $USER:admin /opt/boxen | 18 | 18 | sudo chown $USER:admin /opt/boxen | |
mkdir -p ~/src/my-boxen | 19 | 19 | mkdir -p ~/src/my-boxen | |
cd ~/src/my-boxen | 20 | 20 | cd ~/src/my-boxen | |
git init | 21 | 21 | git init | |
git remote add upstream https://github.com/boxen/our-boxen | 22 | 22 | git remote add upstream https://github.com/boxen/our-boxen | |
git fetch upstream | 23 | 23 | git fetch upstream | |
git checkout -b master upstream/master | 24 | 24 | git checkout -b master upstream/master | |
git remote add origin https://github.com/wfarr/my-boxen | 25 | 25 | git remote add origin https://github.com/wfarr/my-boxen | |
git push origin master | 26 | 26 | git push origin master | |
27 | 27 | |||
script/boxen | 28 | 28 | script/boxen | |
``` | 29 | 29 | ``` | |
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1. Close and reopen your Terminal. If you have a shell config file | 31 | 31 | 1. Close and reopen your Terminal. If you have a shell config file | |
(eg. `~/.bashrc`) you'll need to add this at the very end: | 32 | 32 | (eg. `~/.bashrc`) you'll need to add this at the very end: | |
`[ -f /opt/boxen/env.sh ] && source /opt/boxen/env.sh`, and reload | 33 | 33 | `[ -f /opt/boxen/env.sh ] && source /opt/boxen/env.sh`, and reload | |
your shell. | 34 | 34 | your shell. | |
1. Confirm the Boxen env has loaded: `boxen --env` | 35 | 35 | 1. Confirm the Boxen env has loaded: `boxen --env` | |
36 | 36 | |||
Now you have your own my-boxen repo that you can hack on. | 37 | 37 | Now you have your own my-boxen repo that you can hack on. | |
You may have noticed we didn't ask you to fork the repo. | 38 | 38 | You may have noticed we didn't ask you to fork the repo. | |
This is because when our-boxen goes open source that'd have some | 39 | 39 | This is because when our-boxen goes open source that'd have some | |
implications about your fork also potentially being public. | 40 | 40 | implications about your fork also potentially being public. | |
That's obviously quite bad, so that's why we strongly suggest you | 41 | 41 | That's obviously quite bad, so that's why we strongly suggest you | |
create an entirely separate repo and simply pull the code in, as shown above. | 42 | 42 | create an entirely separate repo and simply pull the code in, as shown above. | |
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## Getting your users started _after_ your "fork" exists | 44 | 44 | ## Getting your users started _after_ your "fork" exists | |
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1. Install the Xcode Command Line Tools (full Xcode install optional). | 46 | 46 | 1. Install the Xcode Command Line Tools (full Xcode install optional). | |
1. Point them at your private install of [boxen-web](https://github.com/boxen/boxen-web), **OR** have them run the following: | 47 | 47 | 1. Point them at your private install of [boxen-web](https://github.com/boxen/boxen-web), **OR** have them run the following: | |
48 | 48 | |||
``` | 49 | 49 | ``` | |
sudo mkdir -p /opt/boxen | 50 | 50 | sudo mkdir -p /opt/boxen | |
sudo chown $USER:admin /opt/boxen | 51 | 51 | sudo chown $USER:admin /opt/boxen | |
git clone https://github.com/yourorg/yourreponame.git /opt/boxen/repo | 52 | 52 | git clone https://github.com/yourorg/yourreponame.git /opt/boxen/repo | |
cd /opt/boxen/repo | 53 | 53 | cd /opt/boxen/repo | |
script/boxen | 54 | 54 | script/boxen | |
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# add boxen to your shell config, at the end, eg. | 56 | 56 | # add boxen to your shell config, at the end, eg. | |
echo '[ -f /opt/boxen/env.sh ] && source /opt/boxen/env.sh' | 57 | 57 | echo '[ -f /opt/boxen/env.sh ] && source /opt/boxen/env.sh' | |
``` | 58 | 58 | ``` | |
59 | 59 | |||
Open a new terminal, `boxen --env` to confirm. | 60 | 60 | Open a new terminal, `boxen --env` to confirm. | |
61 | 61 | |||
## What You Get | 62 | 62 | ## What You Get | |
63 | 63 | |||
This template project provides the following by default: | 64 | 64 | This template project provides the following by default: | |
65 | 65 | |||
* Homebrew | 66 | 66 | * Homebrew | |
* Git | 67 | 67 | * Git | |
* Hub | 68 | 68 | * Hub | |
* DNSMasq w/ .dev resolver for localhost | 69 | 69 | * DNSMasq w/ .dev resolver for localhost | |
* NVM | 70 | 70 | * NVM | |
* RBenv | 71 | 71 | * RBenv | |
* Full Disk Encryption requirement | 72 | 72 | * Full Disk Encryption requirement | |
* NodeJS 0.4 | 73 | 73 | * NodeJS 0.4 | |
* NodeJS 0.6 | 74 | 74 | * NodeJS 0.6 | |
* NodeJS 0.8 | 75 | 75 | * NodeJS 0.8 | |
* Ruby 1.8.7 | 76 | 76 | * Ruby 1.8.7 | |
* Ruby 1.9.2 | 77 | 77 | * Ruby 1.9.2 | |
* Ruby 1.9.3 | 78 | 78 | * Ruby 1.9.3 | |
* Ack | 79 | 79 | * Ack | |
* Findutils | 80 | 80 | * Findutils | |
* GNU-Tar | 81 | 81 | * GNU-Tar | |
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## Customizing | 83 | 83 | ## Customizing | |
84 | 84 | |||
You can always check out the number of existing modules we already | 85 | 85 | You can always check out the number of existing modules we already | |
provide as optional installs under the | 86 | 86 | provide as optional installs under the | |
[boxen organization](https://github.com/boxen). These modules are all | 87 | 87 | [boxen organization](https://github.com/boxen). These modules are all | |
tested to be compatible with Boxen. Use the `Puppetfile` to pull them | 88 | 88 | tested to be compatible with Boxen. Use the `Puppetfile` to pull them | |
in dependencies automatically whenever `boxen` is run. | 89 | 89 | in dependencies automatically whenever `boxen` is run. | |
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### Including boxen modules from github (boxen/puppet-<name>) | 91 | 91 | ### Including boxen modules from github (boxen/puppet-<name>) | |
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You must add the github information for your added Puppet module into your Puppetfile at the root of your | 93 | 93 | You must add the github information for your added Puppet module into your Puppetfile at the root of your | |
boxen repo (ex. /path/to/your-boxen/Puppetfile): | 94 | 94 | boxen repo (ex. /path/to/your-boxen/Puppetfile): | |
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# Core modules for a basic development environment. You can replace | 96 | 96 | # Core modules for a basic development environment. You can replace | |
# some/most of these if you want, but it's not recommended. | 97 | 97 | # some/most of these if you want, but it's not recommended. | |
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github "dnsmasq", "1.0.0" | 99 | 99 | github "dnsmasq", "1.0.0" | |
github "gcc", "1.0.0" | 100 | 100 | github "gcc", "1.0.0" | |
github "git", "1.0.0" | 101 | 101 | github "git", "1.0.0" | |
github "homebrew", "1.0.0" | 102 | 102 | github "homebrew", "1.0.0" | |
github "hub", "1.0.0" | 103 | 103 | github "hub", "1.0.0" | |
github "inifile", "0.9.0", :repo => "cprice-puppet/puppetlabs-inifile" | 104 | 104 | github "inifile", "0.9.0", :repo => "cprice-puppet/puppetlabs-inifile" | |
github "nginx", "1.0.0" | 105 | 105 | github "nginx", "1.0.0" | |
github "nodejs", "1.0.0" | 106 | 106 | github "nodejs", "1.0.0" | |
github "nvm", "1.0.0" | 107 | 107 | github "nvm", "1.0.0" | |
github "ruby", "1.0.0" | 108 | 108 | github "ruby", "1.0.0" | |
github "stdlib", "3.0.0", :repo => "puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib" | 109 | 109 | github "stdlib", "3.0.0", :repo => "puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib" | |
github "sudo", "1.0.0" | 110 | 110 | github "sudo", "1.0.0" | |
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# Optional/custom modules. There are tons available at | 112 | 112 | # Optional/custom modules. There are tons available at | |
# https://github.com/boxen. | 113 | 113 | # https://github.com/boxen. | |
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github "java", "1.0.5" | 115 | 115 | github "java", "1.0.5" | |
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In the above snippet of a customized Puppetfile, the bottom line | 117 | 117 | In the above snippet of a customized Puppetfile, the bottom line | |
includes the Java module from Github using the tag "1.0.5" from the github repository | 118 | 118 | includes the Java module from Github using the tag "1.0.5" from the github repository | |
"boxen/puppet-java". The function "github" is defined at the top of the Puppetfile | 119 | 119 | "boxen/puppet-java". The function "github" is defined at the top of the Puppetfile | |
and takes the name of the module, the version, and optional repo location: | 120 | 120 | and takes the name of the module, the version, and optional repo location: | |
121 | 121 | |||
def github(name, version, options = nil) | 122 | 122 | def github(name, version, options = nil) | |
options ||= {} | 123 | 123 | options ||= {} | |
options[:repo] ||= "boxen/puppet-#{name}" | 124 | 124 | options[:repo] ||= "boxen/puppet-#{name}" | |
mod name, version, :github_tarball => options[:repo] | 125 | 125 | mod name, version, :github_tarball => options[:repo] | |
end | 126 | 126 | end | |
127 | 127 | |||
Now Puppet knows where to download the module from when you include it in your site.pp or mypersonal.pp file: | 128 | 128 | Now Puppet knows where to download the module from when you include it in your site.pp or mypersonal.pp file: | |
129 | 129 | |||
# include the java module referenced in my Puppetfile with the line | 130 | 130 | # include the java module referenced in my Puppetfile with the line | |
# github "java", "1.0.5" | 131 | 131 | # github "java", "1.0.5" | |
include java | 132 | 132 | include java | |
133 | 133 | |||
### Node definitions | 134 | 134 | ### Node definitions | |
135 | 135 | |||
Puppet has the concept of a | 136 | 136 | Puppet has the concept of a | |
['node'](http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/glossary.html#agent), | 137 | 137 | ['node'](http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/glossary.html#agent), | |
which is essentially the machine on which Puppet is running. Puppet looks for | 138 | 138 | which is essentially the machine on which Puppet is running. Puppet looks for | |
[node definitions](http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/agent_master_basic.html#node-definitions) | 139 | 139 | [node definitions](http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/agent_master_basic.html#node-definitions) | |
in the `manifests/site.pp` file in the Boxen repo. You'll see a default node | 140 | 140 | in the `manifests/site.pp` file in the Boxen repo. You'll see a default node | |
declaration that looks like the following: | 141 | 141 | declaration that looks like the following: | |
142 | 142 | |||
``` puppet | 143 | 143 | ``` puppet | |
node default { | 144 | 144 | node default { | |
# core modules, needed for most things | 145 | 145 | # core modules, needed for most things | |
include dnsmasq | 146 | 146 | include dnsmasq | |
147 | 147 | |||
# more... | 148 | 148 | # more... | |
} | 149 | 149 | } | |
``` | 150 | 150 | ``` | |
151 | 151 | |||
### How Boxen interacts with Puppet | 152 | 152 | ### How Boxen interacts with Puppet | |
153 | 153 | |||
Boxen runs everything declared in `manifests/site.pp` by default. | 154 | 154 | Boxen runs everything declared in `manifests/site.pp` by default. | |
But just like any other source code, throwing all your work into one massive | 155 | 155 | But just like any other source code, throwing all your work into one massive | |
file is going to be difficult to work with. Instead, we recommend you | 156 | 156 | file is going to be difficult to work with. Instead, we recommend you | |
use modules in the `Puppetfile` when you can and make new modules | 157 | 157 | use modules in the `Puppetfile` when you can and make new modules | |
in the `modules/` directory when you can't. Then add `include $modulename` | 158 | 158 | in the `modules/` directory when you can't. Then add `include $modulename` | |
for each new module in `manifests/site.pp` to include them. | 159 | 159 | for each new module in `manifests/site.pp` to include them. | |
One pattern that's very common is to create a module for your organization | 160 | 160 | One pattern that's very common is to create a module for your organization | |
(e.g., `modules/github`) and put an environment class in that module | 161 | 161 | (e.g., `modules/github`) and put an environment class in that module | |
to include all of the modules your organization wants to install for | 162 | 162 | to include all of the modules your organization wants to install for | |
everyone by default. An example of this might look like so: | 163 | 163 | everyone by default. An example of this might look like so: |