[chef] Re: Re: Any alternative response_file for CentOS?

[ryan T < >]

Sorry for the stupid question.
I didn't know of Oracle silent installation until you point it out.

Thanks,

Ryan

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:17 PM, John E. Vincent (lusis) <lusis.org+ "> > wrote:

See here:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10500_01/em.920/a96697/rsp.htm

I might have been mistaken but I understood it that you were talking
about using the oracle installer support for a non-interactive
install. (an rsp file).

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:14 AM, ryan T < "> > wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> For use of execute resource https://gist.github.com/865637, I'm still
> confused how oracle_response_file
> answers Oracle installation/configuration questions such as listener port,
> system password,...
>
> Could you please give some more details?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:56 PM, John E. Vincent (lusis)
> <lusis.org+ "> > wrote:
>>
>> I think you might be confusing the response_file for Oracle with the
>> dpkg support for response file. It's been a while since I've done an
>> "automated" Oracle install but you'll probably want to use the execute
>> resource.
>>
>> Essentially it would be something like this gist:
>>
>> https://gist.github.com/865637
>>
>> Note that the idempotence checks (not_if/only_if) are somewhat
>> limited. You'll probably want to create an LWRP in the end unless you
>> can wrap up the determination of a valid oracle install into a single
>> statement. For example, here's how we handle creating mysql accounts
>> for our users:
>>
>> https://gist.github.com/865645
>>
>> You can see the hoops I'm jumping through in the 'not_if' statement to
>> avoid rerunning the work. I really should create a mysql permissions
>> LWRP.
>>
>> Hope that helps!
>>
>> John E. Vincent
>> http://about.me/lusis
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:17 AM, ryan T < "> > wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I want to write a recipe to install Oracle on EC2 CentOS instance, which
>> > requires some interactive input.
>> > Use of response_file seems to meet my need.
>> > Unfortunately, use of a response file is only supported on Debian and
>> > Ubuntu
>> > at this time - as Opscode wiki says.
>> >
>> > Is there any other ways to do this in CentOS?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Ryan
>> >
>
>