github-cookbook

A Library Cookbook for interacting with the Github API

Supported Platforms

• Ubuntu

github_asset Resource/Provider

Downloads an asset from a Github release

Actions

• download - downloads the asset from the Github releaseto disk. (default)

Parameter Attributes

• name - name of the asset to download (name attribute)
• release - name of the release the asset is a part of
• repo - repository the release is a part of (required for private repositories)
• github_token - Github token to perform the download with (required for private repositories)
• owner - owner of the downloaded asset on disk
• group - group of the downloaded asset on disk
• force - force downloading even if the asset already exists on disk
• retries - number of times to retry download
• retry_delay - number of seconds between attempts to download file
• checksum - SHA-256 of file, if the checksum does not match, the file is not used

HTTP proxy support

Ensure the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable is set for the shell executing chef-client or chef-solo. The value should be a fully qualified URL containing the host, port, username, and password for your proxy.

Author

Author:: Jamie Winsor ([email protected])