chef-mysql_connector

Description

Recipes/LWRPs for installing MySQL Connectors.

Requirements

Chef

• Chef 11+ is required for version 0.6.0+ of this cookbook

Platforms

• CentOS 5+
• Fedora 17+
• RedHat 5+
• Ubuntu 10.04+

Attributes

These attributes are under the node['mysql_connector']['j'] namespace.

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
checksum	SHA256 checksum for MySQL Connector/J	String	auto-detected or will log WARN
install_paths	MySQL Connector/J installation paths	Array of Strings	[]
jar_file	Filename of MySQL Connector/J .jar	String	mysql-connector-java-#{node['mysql_connector']['j']['version']}-bin.jar
tar_file	Filename of MySQL Connector/J .tar.gz	String	mysql-connector-java-#{node['mysql_connector']['j']['version']}.tar.gz
url	URL for MySQL Connector/J	String	auto-detected between http://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/Connector-J/#{tar_file} and http://cdn.mysql.com/archives/mysql-connector-java-5.1/#{tar_file}
version	Version of MySQL Connector/J to install	String	5.1.36

Recipes

• recipe[mysql_connector] empty recipe for including LWRPs
• recipe[mysql_connector::j] will install MySQL Connector/J from attribute

Usage

MySQL Connector/J installation via attribute

• Add installation paths to node['mysql_connector']['j']['install_paths'] array
• Include recipe[mysql_connector::j] in your node's run list

MySQL Connector/J installation via LWRP

• Add depends 'mysql_connector' to your cookbook metadata
• Add to recipe:

mysql_connector_j '/path/to/install/location'

Testing and Development

• Quickly testing with Vagrant: VAGRANT.md
• Full development and testing workflow with Test Kitchen and friends: TESTING.md

Contributing

Please see contributing information in: CONTRIBUTING.md

Maintainers

• Brian Flad (bflad417@gmail.com)

License

Please see licensing information in: LICENSE