[chef] Re: How to handle required Java version?

[Jeff Byrnes < >]

We use the Java cookbook all the time, and this, in your cookbook’s attributes/default.rb should be sufficient (works well for us):

default['java']['install_flavor'] = 'oracle'

default['java']['jdk_version'] = '7'

default['java']['oracle']['accept_oracle_download_terms'] = true

You’ll need to also include_recipe 'java' in your recipe somewhere as well, but that’s all that should be needed.

Of course, change the values to suit, and you don’t need the node['java']['oracle'][‘accept_oracle_download_terms'] attribute if you’re not using Oracle’s JDK.

This is how the Java cookbook is designed to work, and we have no trouble at all using it this way.

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Jeff Byrnes
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Lead DevOps Engineer

EverTrue

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On January 13, 2015 at 9:15:30 PM, Greg Barker ( "> ) wrote:

Nexus cookbook leverages the Java cookbook, but Nexus requires at least Java 7.

I came across this code & comment and while it worked, they didn't seem happy with the solution.

I'm curious if there's a better way to handle this scenario?

Thanks!
Greg