Play Cookbook

Installs Play 2.2+
standalone distribution
(tar.gz, tgz, or zip) and configures it as a service.

Requirements

• Java (must be installed outside this cookbook)
• Chef 12+

Platforms

• CentOS, Red Hat, Fedora
• Debian, Ubuntu

Usage

Installs Play 2.2+ standalone distribution and configures it as a systemd or systemv service. The servicename will
default to the project_name of the distribution if none is provided. The application.conf file can be
created/overwritten with a template
included in the distribution or by an external
template from another cookbook. For Linux users, zip files do not retain Linux file permissions so when the file is
expanded the start script will be set as an executable. The pid path for Linux users will default to
/var/run/#{servicename}/play.pid.

Attributes

• source - URI to archive (tar.gz, tgz, or zip) or directory path to exploded archive. Defaults to resource name.
• checksum - The SHA-256 checksum of the file. Use to prevent resource from re-downloading remote file. Default nil.
• project_name - Used to identify start script executable. Derives project_name from standalone distribution filename when nil. Default nil
• servicename - Service name to run as. Defaults to project_name when nil. Default nil.
• conf_cookbook - Cookbook containing application conf template to use. Default nil.
• conf_local - Load application conf template from a local path. Default false.
• conf_source - Path to configuration template. Local path can be relative, or if the template file is outside standalone distribution, absolute. Default nil.
• conf_path - Path to application configuration file. Path can be relative, or if the config file is outside standalone distribution, absolute. Default conf/application.conf.
• conf_variables - Hash of application configuration variables required by application conf template. Default {}.
• args - Array of additional configuration arguments. Default [].
• user - Creates a user using servicename when nil or uses value passed in. Default nil.
• group - Creates a group using servicename when nil or uses value passed in. Default nil.
• path - Path to install standalone distribution. Default /opt/play.
• sensitive - Suppress output. Default true.

Examples

Install distribution as service and generate application.conf from template included in the distribution

play 'https://github.com/dhoer/play-java-sample/releases/download/1.0/play-java-sample-1.0.zip' do
  conf_local true 
  conf_source 'conf/application.conf.erb'
  conf_variables(
    secret: 'abcdefghijk',
    langs: %w(en fr)
  )
  args([
    '-Dhttp.port=8080',
    '-J-Xms128m',
    '-J-Xmx512m',
    '-J-server'
  ])
  action :install
end

The application configuration defined in conf_path will be created/replaced by template defined in conf_source.

Install a standalone distribution from local file as service and generate application.conf from another cookbook

play 'file:///var/chef/cache/myapp-1.0.0.zip' do
  conf_cookbook 'mycookbook'
  conf_source 'application.conf.erb'
  conf_variables(
    secret: 'abcdefghijk',
    langs: %w(en fr)
  )
  args([
    '-Dhttp.port=8080',
    '-J-Xms128m',
    '-J-Xmx512m',
    '-J-server'
  ])
  action :install
end

The application configuration defined in conf_path will be created/replaced by template defined in conf_source.

Install exploded standalone distribution as service and don't generate application.conf from template

play '/opt/myapp' do
   args([
    '-Dhttp.port=8080',
    '-J-Xms128m',
    '-J-Xmx512m',
    '-J-server'
  ])
  action :install
end

Since both conf_local false and conf_cookbook nil, the application configuration defined in conf_path will be used.

ChefSpec Matchers

This cookbook includes custom ChefSpec matchers you can use to test your
own cookbooks.

Example Matcher Usage

expect(chef_run).to install_play(
  'https://github.com/dhoer/play-java-sample/releases/download/1.0/play-java-sample-1.0.zip'
).with(
  conf_local true
  conf_source 'conf/application.conf.erb'
  conf_path 'conf/application.conf'
  conf_variables: {
    secret: 'abcdefghijk'
    langs: %w(en fr)
  }
  args: [
    '-Dhttp.port=8080',
    '-J-Xms128m',
    '-J-Xmx512m',
    '-J-server' 
  ]
)

Cookbook Matchers

• install_play(resource_name)

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.