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# Shoestrap
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Shoestrap is a simple framework to bootstrap *nix machines.
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It speaks Bash so there's virtually no learning curve. More importantly, you
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won't have to learn yet another DSL. Shoestrap aims to get out of your way.
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You should be able to get up and running in minutes, not hours.
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## What about Chef, Puppet and co.?
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Chef and Puppet are great tools, but they are too complex for most use cases.
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The learning curve for these tools is quite steep as they each have their own
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DSL. On the other end, Shoestrap is just Bash. It does not require any
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'Bash to config files' translation.
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I believe Shoestrap is a great simple alternative to Chef or Puppet that will
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fulfill the needs of most people.
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## Terminology
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Shoestrap uses some of the Chef terminology since I couldn't come up with
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better names or analogies.
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### Cookbook
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A cookbook is a Bash script that executes different actions. For example,
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it may install packages, run 'recipes'. Think of it as a dispatcher.
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Cookbooks live at the root of your Shoestrap project. You can have multiple
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cookbooks per project.
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### Recipes
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Recipes are snippets of Bash code that can be executed from a Cookbook. For
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example, you may have a recipe to install `memcached`, or a recipe to setup
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SSH keys on the target machine. Remember, it's just Bash, so anything goes.
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### Assets
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An asset is a file that will be needed by the target machine. For example,
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a configuration file or an init script.
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## Helpers
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Shoestrap ships with many Bash helpers functions. They can be found in
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`helpers/default`. You do NOT need to use the built-in helper functions,
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but they will simplify many of the most common tasks you'll need to perform.
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Helper functions can be used from cookbooks or recipes. You may also pass
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arguments to these functions.
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You may add your own helper functions in `helpers/custom`.
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Here are some of the most commonly used helpers:
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#### `add_line`
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Concatenate a line to a text file if it's not already there.
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#### `add_user`
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Add a user to the system.
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#### `copy`
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Copy an asset file. It first looks in the assets/{cookbook} directory and falls back to assets/default if file doesn't exist.
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#### `error`
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Write an error to the screen and halt execution.
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#### `is_installed`
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Check if an element has already been installed. Useful to prevent code from running more than once. Also see `set_installed`.
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#### `log`
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Write a line to the screen.
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#### `package`
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Install a package (ie: apt-get install {package-name}).
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#### `package_update`
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Update packages in package manager (ie: apt-get update).
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#### `recipe`
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Run a recipe. It first looks in the recipes/{cookbook} directory and falls back to recipes/default if file doesn't exist.
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#### `set_installed`
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Sets an element as 'installed'.
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## Getting Started
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1. Clone the `shoestrap` repo to your local machine.
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`git clone https://github.com/cmer/shoestrap.git`
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2. Rename `./my-cookbook` to something a little bit more meaningful. For example,
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you might want to call your cookbook `web` if it bootstraps a web server. Make
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sure it is executable (`chmod +x {my-cookbook}`).
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3. Specify actions to take in the cookbook. For example, which recipes to run, which
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packages to install or which user(s) to add. For example: `recipe 'nginx'`.
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4. Create a recipe file under `recipes/default`. For example: `recipes/default/nginx`. The recipe
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is the code to execute. In our example, it would be the code to run to install `nginx`.
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5. Add assets (if needed) under `assets/default/{recipe}`. For example: `assets/default/nginx/nginx.conf`.
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6. Upload your project to the target machine. You can use `scp`, Capistrano, Git or whatever you feel
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comfortable with.
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7. Run your cookbook from the target machine. For example: `sudo ./web`.
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## Example
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You can see a sample project at http://github.com/cmer/shoestrap-example
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Browse the source code, it's the best way to familiarize yourself with Shoestrap. It's also a great starting
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point for your own Shoestrap project.
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## Example: Directory Structure of a Shoestrap Project
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[assets]
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[default] # Assets to be used by default
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[recipe1] # Assets for 'recipe1'.
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foo.conf
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bar.conf
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[cookbook1] # Assets for 'cookbook1'. If asset cannot be found here, fallback is 'default'
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[recipe1] # Assets for 'recipe1' when executed from 'cookbook1'. Overrides anything in [default].
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foo.conf
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[helpers]
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custom # Your custom Bash functions and helpers
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default # Shoestrap's default helpers
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initialize # Initialize script.
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[recipes]
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[default] # Recipes to be used by default
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recipe1
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recipe2
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recipe3
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[cookbook1] # Recipes for 'cookbook1'. Overrides anything in [default].
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recipe1
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cookbook1 # The cookbook script itself. This is your point of entry to Shoestrap
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## Compatibility
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Shoestrap has only been tested with Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 but should work with any/most Unix-like
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operating systems. My goal is to support Ubuntu/Debian, CentOS/Red Hat and Mac OS X. I will need
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help from the community to achieve this, however.
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