Mysql2 Chef Gem Installer Cookbook

mysql2_chef_gem is a library cookbook that provides a resource for installing the mysql2 gem against either mysql or mariadb depending on usage.

Scope

This cookbook is concerned with the installation of the mysql2 Rubygem into Chef's gem path. Installation into other Ruby environments, or installation of related gems such as mysql are outside the scope of this cookbook.

Requirements

• Chef 12.7+

Platform Support

The following platforms have been tested with Test Kitchen and are known to work.

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|                                       | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
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| Mysql2ChefGem::Mysql / centos-6       | X   | X   | X   | X   |
|---------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| Mysql2ChefGem::Mysql / centos-7       |     | X   | X   | X   |
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| Mysql2ChefGem::Mysql / fedora         |     | X   | X   | X   |
|---------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| Mysql2ChefGem::Mysql / debian-7       |     | X   |     |     |
|---------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| Mysql2ChefGem::Mysql / ubuntu-14.04   |     | X   | X   |     |
|---------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| Mysql2ChefGem::Mysql / ubuntu-16.04   |     |     |     |  X  |
|---------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| Mysql2ChefGem::Mariadb / fedora       |     | X   |     |     |
|---------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----|
| Mysql2ChefGem::Mariadb / ubuntu-14.04 |     | X   |     |     |
|---------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----|

Usage

Place a dependency on the mysql cookbook in your cookbook's metadata.rb

depends 'mysql2_chef_gem'

Then, in a recipe:

mysql2_chef_gem 'default' do
  action :install
end

2.0 Compatibility

In order to ensure compatibility with Chef 13, the 2.0 release of this cookbook changed the method used to specify installation against mariadb. Instead of specifying the underlying provider, you instead reference the mariadb specific resource. See the example below for the new syntax.

Resources Overview

mysql2_chef_gem

The mysql2_chef_gem resource installs mysql client development dependencies and installs the mysql2 rubygem into Chef's Ruby environment.

Example

mysql2_chef_gem 'default' do
  gem_version '0.4.5'
  action :install
end

Properties

• gem_version - The version of the mysql Rubygem to install into the Chef environment. Defaults to '0.4.5' connector libraries
• package_version - The version of the mysql client libraries to install and link against

Actions

• :install - Build and install the gem into the Chef environment
• :remove - Delete the gem from the Chef environment

mysql2_chef_gem_mariadb

To install the mysql2 gem against an installation of mariadb reference the mysql2_chef_gem_mariadb resource directly. This resource includes all the same properties of the standard mysql2_chef_gem resource.

mysql2_chef_gem_mariadb 'default' do
  action :install
end

License & Authors

• Author:: Sean OMeara (someara@sean.io)
• Author:: Tim Smith (tsmith@chef.io)
• Author:: Nicolas Blanc(sinfomicien@gmail.com)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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