Python StackBuilder

Description

StackBuilder is a python class that can install packages on Debian-based OSes. It's primarily used to setup development environments using Vagrant and VirtualBox.

Packages that usually take multiple commands to install are wrapped in a single method. For example, let's consider Nodejs. Currently, the lastest nodejs and npm builds are installed with the following:

$ curl --silent --location https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash - $ sudo apt-get install nodejs $ npm install -g npm@latest

With Stackbuilder, this is performed by:

builder = Stackbuilder()
builder.nodejs()

Installation

• Import the libs directory into your project root. It contains the StackBuilder class and the _init_.py file.

Usage

• Create a bootstrap.py file in your root directory. This is where you will import and use the StackBuilder class. It should resemble something like this:

  #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  from stackBuilder import StackBuilder
  builder = StackBuilder()
  builder.nginx()
  builder.vim()

• Add the following two lines to your Vagrantfile:

  config.vm.provision :file, source: "libs/stackBuilder.py", destination: "/tmp/stackBuilder.py"
  config.vm.provision "shell", path: "bootstrap.py" 

• Run the $ vagrant up command from your project directory.