Java SE Cookbook

Installs and configures Oracle's
Java SE JDK 8.

See Critical Patch Updates
for next scheduled JDK release.

Requirements

• Chef 11+

Platforms

• CentOS, Red Hat, Fedora
• Debian, Ubuntu
• Mac OS X
• Windows

Usage

By adding java_se to a run list or cookbook you are accepting the
Oracle Binary Code License Agreement for Java SE.

Older versions of Java JDK are no longer publicly available
after a patch update. So it is recommended that you
download JDK from alternative location,
or constrain java_se cookbook version.
Note that the latter solution could result in a failed converge when
a new patch update is released and a matching version of java_se
cookbook is not yet available. A release of java_se cookbook usually
follows within a day after a patch update.

Windows JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables are not available
during initial chef-client run. Attribute
node['java_se']['win_javalink'] provides a symbolic link to installed
Java JDK bin directory and is available during initial chef-client run.

Examples

Download JDK from alternative location

This will download the JDK that best matches platform criteria. Note that JDK file names must be the
same as that found on Oracle's download page.

A script to download JDKs from Oracle and upload them to Amazon S3 is
available here.

override_attributes(
  "java_se": {
    "uri": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/mybucket/java"
  }
)

Constrain java_se cookbook version

Constrain
version in cookbook to latest Java SE JDK 8.

depends 'java_se', '~> 8.0'

Constrain version in
environment
to latest Java SE JDK 8.

cookbook 'java_se', '~> 8.0'

Attributes

• node['java_se']['uri'] - The URI to the Java SE JDKs. If a directory is provided, it will then automatically assign a file name that best matches platform criteria. The JDK file names must be the same as that found on Oracle's download page. Leave nil to download directly from Oracle. Default nil.
• node['java_se']['skip'] - Skips installing Java SE. Default false.
• node['java_se']['force_i586'] - Install i586 Java on x64 machine if true. For Linux and Windows only. Default false.
• node['java_se']['java_home'] - Alternative java_home location. Leave nil to use default location. For Linux and Windows only. Default nil.

Linux Only

• node['java_se']['set_default'] - Indicates whether or not you want the JDK installed to be default on the system. Default true.
• node['java_se']['owner'] - The owner of extracted directory. Default root.
• node['java_se']['group'] - The group of extracted directory. Default root.
• node['java_se']['alternatives_priority'] - A priority of the alternatives. Default 1061.
• node['java_se']['set_etc_environment'] - Optionally sets JAVA_HOME in /etc/environment for. Default false.
• node['java_se']['reset_alternatives'] - Whether alternatives is reset. Default true.
• node['java_se']['use_alt_suffix'] whether '_alt' suffix is used for none default java install. Default false.
• node['java_se']['bin_cmds'] - Array of binary commands to symlink /usr/bin to, and set alternative on. Examples are mvn, java, javac, etc. These cmds must be in the bin subdirectory of the extracted folder. Will be ignored if set_default is not true.

Windows Only

• node['java_se']['win_addlocal'] - JDK features to install. Default ToolsFeature,SourceFeature,PublicjreFeature.
• node['java_se']['win_javalink'] - Symbolic link to Java JDK bin directory. Since Windows PATH and JAVA_HOME are not available during chef-client run, this provides a way for cookbooks to access the latest installed version. Default %SYSTEMDRIVE%\java\bin.
• node['java_se']['win_jre_home'] - Location to install public JRE. Leave nil to use default location. Default nil.

Bind (Do not override)

• node['java_se']['release'] - The JDK release version.
• node['java_se']['update'] - The JDK update version.
• node['java_se']['build'] - The build number.
• node['java_se']['sha256'][type][arch] - The checksum to validate the installer with. Where type is one of 'dmg', 'exe', or 'tar', and arch is one of 'x64' or 'i586'

Versioning

This cookbook does NOT use SemVer for versioning.

The versioning scheme is RELEASE.UPDATE.MINOR where:

1. RELEASE is the release of Java e.g. 8
2. UPDATE is the Java update e.g. 77
3. MINOR is the *cookbook release for an enhancement or bugfix e.g. 0

*All MINOR versions will strive to be backwards-compatible.

Getting Help

• Ask specific questions on Stack Overflow.
• Report bugs and discuss potential features in Github issues.

Contributing

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.

License

MIT - see the accompanying LICENSE file
for details.