ruby Cookbook

Installs ruby from source. The option to install rubygems is also available via the rubygems recipe

Requirements

packages

• build-essentials tools required for compiling C code
• apt - update apt to get the latest package repositories
• yum-epel - update yum caches to get the latest package repositories
• yum

Operating systems

Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7

Attributes

chef-ruby::default

Key	Type	Description	Default
[:ruby][:source_version]	String	version of ruby to install	2.4.0
[:ruby][:uninstall][:version]	String	version of ruby to install	2.3.3
[:ruby][:rubygems_version]	String	version of rubygems to install	2.6.10

Usage

ruby::default

Just include chef-ruby in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[chef-ruby::default]"
    "recipe[chef-ruby::rubygems]"
  ]
}

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: Hemal N. Varambhia