[chef] Re: Re: Cookbook for MySQL

[Sean OMeara < >]

PS: the current mysql cookbook uses the oracle yum repos to get the
versions that the distros stopped shipping when switching to MariaDB.

https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/yum-mysql-community

-s

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Jeff Blaine 
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> On 8/14/2014 6:35 AM, 
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>  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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> Jeff Blaine
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