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

[Sean OMeara < >]

You're confusing the oracle response file with a dpkg preseed file.
The preseed is a feature of the debian package manager resource.

If you wrote an oracle LWRP you could make the oracle response file an
attribute of the resource.

Try something like this:

template "/path/to/responsefile" do
  source "oracleresponse.erb"
  variables(
    :port = "1234"
    :password = "1234"
end

execute "install_oracle" do
   only_if "some_command_that_checks_for_preconditions"
   not_if "some_command_that_checks_for_postconditions"
   command "/path/toinstaller some_args /path/to/responsefile"
end

-s

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:26 AM, ryan T 
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 wrote:
> 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)
> <
 >
>  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 
>> <
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>>  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)
>> > <
 >
>> >  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
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
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