[chef] Re: Re: Automating interactive console apps?

[Brian McKelvey < >]

Alright thanks, I'll give that a shot.

Cheers,
Brian


On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Sascha Bates 
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 wrote:
> NB_INSTALL_CMD = "/bin/sh install < #{File.join(node.netbackup.home_dir,
> "response")}"
>
> I did that with netbackup and deploy a template that has this in it:
>
> 2
> y
> 2
> "#{node.netbackup.backup_server1}"
> "#{node.hostname}"
> q
>
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Brian McKelvey 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to deploy Wowza Media Server using Chef, but all of their
>> packages, including the .deb and .rpm packages, are wrapped in a .bin
>> self-extracting installer that uses 'more' to display a license
>> agreement and requires me to type 'yes' to accept the license before
>> proceeding.  The rest of the install process is completely automatic
>> and works fine.
>>
>> I'd like to somehow use chef to interactively hit 'q' to escape from
>> 'more' and then type 'yes' at the prompt.  Is that possible?  Do you
>> guys have any other alternative solutions?
>>
>> Brian
>
>



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Brian McKelvey
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Worlize Inc.
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