Workstation Setup

This project automates the process of setting up a new Pivotal machine using a simple Bash script.

Goals

The primary goal of this project is to give people a simple script they can run to make their machine a bit more useful and standard for working on Pivotal projects.

A bash script is easy for users to edit locally on-the-fly for small temporary tweaks
Everything is in one repository
The project name is informative
Keep it easy to fork and customize
It has very limited requirements: git, bash and Ruby are all available on macOS by default

Anti-goals

This project does not aim to do everything. Some examples:

We don't install everything that your project needs. These scripts should only install generally useful things, and prefer running quickly over being complete.
We avoid setting up and maintaining overly-custom configurations. When there is already a tool that will get us something in a conventional manner, such as bash-it, we prefer to use it instead of doing things ourselves.

Warning: the automation script is currently aggressive about what it does and will overwrite vim configurations, bash-it configurations, etc.

Getting Started

Make sure you are running the lastest version of macOS. (Currently Sierra)
Install the latest version of Xcode.

Open up Terminal.app and run the following commands:

mkdir -p ~/workspace
cd ~/workspace
git clone https://github.com/pivotal/workstation-setup.git
cd workstation-setup

Engineering Machine

If you're setting up an engineering machine run one or both of the following:

./data-engineer.sh
./labs-engineer.sh

The list of Engineering applications is found in: applications-common.sh

Designer Machine

If you're setting up a design machine run the following:

./designer.sh

In addition to the Engineering applications, this script also installs the list of Design applications found in: applications-designer.sh

Having problems?

If you're having problems using the setup script, please let us know by opening an issue.

If you see errors from brew, try running brew doctor and include the diagnostic output in your issue submission.

Customizing

If you'd like to customize this project for a project's use:

Fork the project
Edit the shells scripts to your liking
Profit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it okay to run `./designer.sh` command again?

Yes. The script does not reinstall apps that are already on the machine.

What about sprout-wrap?

This project is provided as an alternative to the pivotal-sprout/sprout-wrap project. You are encouraged to use that project if it better suits your needs.

The goals of this projects is to keep the setup process simple and up to date:

Please see this GitHub issue for more discussion on the subject.

dholdaway/workstation-setup