erlang Cookbook

Manages installation of Erlang via packages or source.

Maintainers

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Requirements

Platforms

Debian/Ubuntu 16.04+
RHEL/CentOS/Scientific/Amazon/Oracle 6+
Fedora
openSUSE

Chef

Chef 14+

Cookbooks

yum-epel
yum-erlang_solutions

Attributes

node['erlang']['install_method'] - Erlang installation method ("package", "source", or "esl" (for Erlang Solutions packages)).
node['erlang']['package']['version'] - OS specific version of Erlang package to install
node['erlang']['package']['install_epel_repository'] - Boolean flag indicating whether EPEL yum repository should be installed (in which case Erlang packages may be retrieved from there).
node['erlang']['source']['version'] - Version of Erlang/OTP to install from source.
node['erlang']['source']['url'] - URL of Erlang/OTP source tarball.
node['erlang']['source']['checksum'] - Checksum of the Erlang/OTP source tarball.
node['erlang']['source']['build_flags'] - Build flags for compiling Erlang/OTP.
node['erlang']['source']['cflags'] - CFLAGS for configuring Erlang/OTP.
node['erlang']['esl']['version'] - version specifier for Erlang Solutions packages.
node['erlang']['esl']['lsb_codename'] - override the code name used for ESL packages, useful for installing the packages on distributions that they don't make specific packages available (e.g., maverick vs precise).