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https://github.com/JBKahn/provisioning-local

A repo to hold the setup process for a new machine so that I don't have to remember all this stuff.
https://github.com/JBKahn/provisioning-local

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A repo to hold the setup process for a new machine so that I don't have to remember all this stuff.

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Provisioning My PC
============

A simple ansible script to set up my machine just the way I like it (currently base on Ubuntu 14.04).

How To Install With One Command
-------------------------------

```bash
wget -qO- https://github.com/JBKahn/provisioning-local/raw/master/run.sh | bash
```

How To Install The Old Fashioned Way
------------------------------------

1. Install pip
```bash
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
sudo easy_install pip
```

2. Install Ubuntu packages
```bash
sudo apt-get install aptitude
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install python-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev
```
3. Setup Git
* [setup git](https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git)
* [setup ssh keys](https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys)
4. Checkout this repo and cd into the directory
```bash
git clone https://github.com/JBKahn/provisioning-local.git
cd
```

5. Pip install the requirements
```bash
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
```

6. Fill in the variables in the [variables file ](./config.json)

| variable | Description |
| :------------ |:---------------|
| sager_laptop | boolean to fix keyboard colors and backlight on ubuntu for sager laptops |
| vagrant_url | URL to vagrant .deb file you wish to install |
| virtualbox_url |URL to virtual_box .deb file you wish to install |
| github_username | github username |
7. Provision your local machine

```bash
ansible-playbook setup.yml -i HOSTS --ask-sudo-pass --module-path ./ansible_modules --extra-vars "@config.json"
```

Possible Issues
---------------

1. /usr/bin/ohai does not exist (Haven't hit since early development)

The fix was to remove old version of ruby, use rvm and then gem install ohai

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4464985/rails-3-ruby-1-9-2-does-it-need-usr-bin-ruby1-8
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin-with-rvm
https://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Ohai+Installation+and+Use