APT repositories - non standard management in Chef

Rafal_Radecki · April 20, 2015, 2:56pm

Hi All

I am using some Ubuntu hosts. Overall I need to manage
/etc/apt/sources.list file and contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.d
directory with chef.

At the moment my example /etc/apt/sources.list is:

And the target setup:

In /etc/apt/sources.list:

and in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/precise-security.list:

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe

I know that I can achieve this by using file resource. I can also
potentially use apt (https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/apt) cookbook.

What is the best solution in your opinion? Any hidden caveats?

BR,
Rafal.

brianhatfield · April 20, 2015, 2:59pm

We use the apt cookbook. One key feature that it is especially helpful
beyond using the file resource is in key management. It also supports a few
different configuration modes. I recommend you use it over attempting to
manage the repo lists yourself; the next person looking at your chef repo
will appreciate it.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Rafał Radecki radecki.rafal@gmail.com
wrote:

Hi All

I am using some Ubuntu hosts. Overall I need to manage
/etc/apt/sources.list file and contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.d
directory with chef.

At the moment my example /etc/apt/sources.list is:

deb http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main
deb-src http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main
deb http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main
deb-src http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates
main
deb http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb-src http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates
universe
deb-src http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates
universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe

And the target setup:

In /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main
deb-src http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main
deb http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main
deb-src http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates
main
deb http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb-src http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates
universe
deb-src http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates
universe

and in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/precise-security.list:

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe

I know that I can achieve this by using file resource. I can also
potentially use apt (https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/apt) cookbook.

What is the best solution in your opinion? Any hidden caveats?

BR,
Rafal.