[chef] Re: Cookbook for MySQL

[Jeff Blaine < >]

On 8/14/2014 6:35 AM, 

 
 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to run MySQL cookbook on an RHEL instance which is not yet
> subscribed. As a result the cookbook is unable to download the mysql files 
> from
> the yum repo.
> Is there any other cookbook which downloads files from locations other than 
> the
> yum repo?

None I've ever seen, no.

If you're using RHEL, you're not going to get far with any community
cookbooks (rightfully) until your host is subscribed to RHN.

You could write a cookbook that uses the new Oracle yum repository as
that would sidestep the RHN subscription reqiurement.

Oracle MySQL yum repository page: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/

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