erlang Cookbook

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Manages installation of Erlang via packages or source.

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Requirements

Platforms

Debian/Ubuntu 16.04+
RHEL/CentOS/Scientific/Amazon/Oracle 6+
Fedora
openSUSE

Chef

Chef 14+

Cookbooks

yum-epel
yum-erlang_solutions

Attributes

node['erlang']['install_method'] - Erlang installation method ("package", "source", or "esl" (for Erlang Solutions packages)).
node['erlang']['package']['version'] - OS specific version of Erlang package to install
node['erlang']['package']['install_epel_repository'] - Boolean flag indicating whether EPEL yum repository should be installed (in which case Erlang packages may be retrieved from there).
node['erlang']['source']['version'] - Version of Erlang/OTP to install from source.
node['erlang']['source']['url'] - URL of Erlang/OTP source tarball.
node['erlang']['source']['checksum'] - Checksum of the Erlang/OTP source tarball.
node['erlang']['source']['build_flags'] - Build flags for compiling Erlang/OTP.
node['erlang']['source']['cflags'] - CFLAGS for configuring Erlang/OTP.
node['erlang']['esl']['version'] - version specifier for Erlang Solutions packages.
node['erlang']['esl']['lsb_codename'] - override the code name used for ESL packages, useful for installing the packages on distributions that they don't make specific packages available (e.g., maverick vs precise).

Recipes

default

Manages installation of Erlang. Includes the package or source recipe depending on the value of node['erlang']['install_method'].

package

Installs Erlang from distribution packages.

source

Installs Erlang from source.

esl

Adds Erlang Solutions' package repositories (opens in a new tab) on Debian, CentOS, and Ubuntu systems, and installs the esl-erlang package.

Contributors

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Backers

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