Arch Linux cookbook

Chef recipes to manage core system properties for Arch Linux.

Installation

Using Berkshelf, add the archlinux cookbook to your Berksfile.

cookbook 'archlinux', github: 'logankoester/chef-archlinux', branch: 'master'

Then run berks to install it.

Usage

Set the required attributes, and add the recipes you desire to your run list. For most cases, you can use the default recipe that includes everything.

Attributes

See attributes/default.rb for details

Recipes

• Optimizes makepkg build flags

chef

Schedules the chef-client to run once an hour.

cron

Configures both cronie and systemd timers

default

Everything.

haveged

A daemon that generates system entropy

hostname

Sets the machine hostname and creates an associated hostsfile entry.

keyring

Generate a fresh pacman keyring.

Additionally, you may add unofficial developer keys to the array attribute node['archlinux']['pacman-keys']. Each value should be the keyid for a key that has been published to a keyserver. Each key will be imported and locally signed so that pacman can install packages signed with these keys.

locale

Generates & enables the desired locales.

makeflags

Set your MAKEFLAGS to optimize makepkg.

mlocate

Installs mlocate and schedules index updates.

pacman

Writes /etc/pacman.conf from a template. You may add extra repositories like this:

"archlinux": {
  "pacman": {
    "repositories": [
      {
        "name": "myrepo",
        "sig_level": "Optional TrustAll",
        "server": "http://myrepo.example"
      }
    ]
  }
}

pacaur

Installs cower and its pacaur frontend for convenient interaction with AUR.

packages

Add and remove system packages from a list.

ruby_shadow

Install ruby-shadow with chef_gem. This is an optional dependency of the user resource.

Author

Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Logan Koester. Released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.