github-cookbook

A Library Cookbook for interacting with the Github API

Supported Platforms

• Ubuntu

github_asset Resource/Provider

Downloads an asset from a Github release

Actions

• download - downloads the asset from the Github releaseto disk. (default)

Parameter Attributes

• name - name of the asset to download (name attribute)
• release - name of the release the asset is a part of
• repo - repository the release is a part of (required for private repositories)
• github_token - Github token to perform the download with (required for private repositories)
• owner - owner of the downloaded asset on disk
• group - group of the downloaded asset on disk
• force - force downloading even if the asset already exists on disk

github_archive LWRP

Downloads and extracts a tarball of a specified ref

Actions

• download - downloads a tarball into the chef file-cache
• extract - extracts the downloaded tarball and strips the redundant root directory

Parameter Attributes

• name - fully qualified repository name (org/repo)
• version - git ref/tag/HEAD to fetch. Default master
• github_user - GitHub user
• github_token - GitHub API token
• host - GitHub:Enterprise endpoint. Default https://api.github.com
• extract_to - target location for extracted source
• force - override idempotent existance checks

HTTP proxy support

Ensure the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable is set for the shell executing chef-client or chef-solo. The value should be a fully qualified URL containing the host, port, username, and password for your proxy.

Author

Author:: Jamie Winsor ([email protected])

Contributors

• John Manero ([email protected])