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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.
1. Create a new repository on GitHub as your user for your Boxen. (eg. 12 12 1. Create a new repository on GitHub as your user for your Boxen. (eg.
`wfarr/my-boxen`). **Make sure it is a private repository!** for now 13 13 `wfarr/my-boxen`). **Make sure it is a private repository!** for now
1. Get running like so: 14 14 1. Get running like so:
15 15 ```
``` 16 16 mkdir -p ~/src/my-boxen
mkdir -p ~/src/my-boxen 17 17 cd ~/src/my-boxen
cd ~/src/my-boxen 18 18 git init
git init 19 19 git remote add upstream https://github.com/boxen/our-boxen
git remote add upstream https://github.com/boxen/our-boxen 20 20 git fetch upstream
git fetch upstream 21 21 git co -b master upstream/master
git co -b master upstream/master 22 22 git remote add origin https://github.com/wfarr/my-boxen
git remote add origin https://github.com/wfarr/my-boxen 23 23 git push origin master
git push origin master 24 24
25 25 script/boxen
script/boxen 26 26 ```
``` 27 27 1. Close and reopen your Terminal. If you have a shell config file
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: `[ -f /opt/boxen/env.sh ] && source /opt/boxen/env.sh`, 28 28 (eg. `~/.bashrc`) you'll need to add this at the very end:
29 `[ -f /opt/boxen/env.sh ] && source /opt/boxen/env.sh`, and reload
30 your shell.
1. Confirm the Boxen env has loaded: `boxen --env` 29 31 1. Confirm the Boxen env has loaded: `boxen --env`
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Now you have your own my-boxen repo that you can hack on. 31 33 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. 32 34 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 33 35 This is because when our-boxen goes open source that'd have some
implications about your fork also potentially being public. 34 36 implications about your fork also potentially being public.
That's obviously quite bad, so that's why we strongly suggest you 35 37 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. 36 38 create an entirely separate repo and simply pull the code in, as shown above.
37 39
## What You Get 38 40 ## What You Get
39 41
This template project provides the following by default: 40 42 This template project provides the following by default:
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* Homebrew 42 44 * Homebrew
* Git 43 45 * Git
* Hub 44 46 * Hub
* DNSMasq w/ .dev resolver for localhost 45 47 * DNSMasq w/ .dev resolver for localhost
* NVM 46 48 * NVM
* RBenv 47 49 * RBenv
* Full Disk Encryption requirement 48 50 * Full Disk Encryption requirement
* NodeJS 0.4 49 51 * NodeJS 0.4
* NodeJS 0.6 50 52 * NodeJS 0.6
* NodeJS 0.8 51 53 * NodeJS 0.8
* Ruby 1.8.7 52 54 * Ruby 1.8.7
* Ruby 1.9.2 53 55 * Ruby 1.9.2
* Ruby 1.9.3 54 56 * Ruby 1.9.3
* Ack 55 57 * Ack
* Findutils 56 58 * Findutils
* GNU-Tar 57 59 * GNU-Tar
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## Customizing 59 61 ## Customizing
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You can always check out the number of existing modules we already 61 63 You can always check out the number of existing modules we already
provide as optional installs under the 62 64 provide as optional installs under the
[boxen organization](https://github.com/boxen). These modules are all 63 65 [boxen organization](https://github.com/boxen). These modules are all
tested to be compatible with Boxen. Use the `Puppetfile` to pull them 64 66 tested to be compatible with Boxen. Use the `Puppetfile` to pull them
in dependencies automatically whenever `boxen` is run. You'll have to 65 67 in dependencies automatically whenever `boxen` is run. You'll have to
make sure your "node" (Puppet's term for your laptop, basically) 66 68 make sure your "node" (Puppet's term for your laptop, basically)
includes or requires them. You can do this by either modifying 67 69 includes or requires them. You can do this by either modifying
`manifests/site.pp` for each module, _or_ we would generally recommend 68 70 `manifests/site.pp` for each module, _or_ we would generally recommend
you create a module for your organization (eg. `modules/github`) and 69 71 you create a module for your organization (eg. `modules/github`) and
create an environment class in that. Then you need only adjust 70 72 create an environment class in that. Then you need only adjust
`manifests/site.pp` by doing `include github::environment` or 71 73 `manifests/site.pp` by doing `include github::environment` or
what-have-you for your organization. 72 74 what-have-you for your organization.
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For organization projects (read: repositories that people will be working in), please see the documentation in the projects module template we provide. 74 76 For organization projects (read: repositories that people will be working in), please see the documentation in the projects module template we provide.
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For per-user configuration that doesn't need to be applied globally to everyone, please see the documentation in the people module template we provide. 76 78 For per-user configuration that doesn't need to be applied globally to everyone, please see the documentation in the people module template we provide.
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