This cookbook installs the VirtualBox desktop virtualization software. NOTE: Currently only the Mac OS X platform is supported.
Install the Chef Development Kit, available via http://downloads.getchef.com
On Mac OS X and Linux, configure the PATH and GEM environment variables with:
$ eval "$(chef shell-init bash)"
All cookbook-related development activities are Rake tasks:
The attributes used in this cookbook are in the the node['virtualbox']
namespace:
| Attribute | Description | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | Download URL for VirtualBox package (overrides version) | String | nil |
| version | VirtualBox version to install. This value is ignored if url is set. Verison should be in the form of 'x.y.z' or 'latest' |
String | 'latest' |
Here's the recipes for this cookbook and how to use them in your environment:
Installs the VirtualBox desktop virtualization software.
In situations where this cookbook is being used in an environment where there
is no Chef Server, this cookbook can be installed via chef-solo using the
following command:
$ rake bootstrap