itamae

Configuration management tool inspired by Chef, but simpler and lightweight. Formerly known as Lightchef.

Description

Simple and lightweight configuration management tool inspired by Chef.

Concept * Chef-like DSL (but not compatible with Chef) * Simpler and lighter weight than Chef * Only recipes * Idempotent

Programming language: Ruby

License: MIT License

Tags: DevOps Tools     Provision     Deploy     Developer Tools     Configuration Management     System Provisioning     Command Line Application    

Latest version: v1.14.1

README

Simple and lightweight configuration management tool inspired by Chef.

• CHANGELOG

Concept

• Chef-like DSL (but not compatible with Chef)
• Simpler and lighter weight than Chef
• Only recipes
• Idempotent

Installation

$ gem install itamae

Getting Started

Create a recipe file as recipe.rb:

package 'nginx' do
  action :install
end

service 'nginx' do
  action [:enable, :start]
end

And then execute itamae command to apply a recipe to a local machine.

$ itamae local recipe.rb
 INFO : Starting Itamae...
 INFO : Recipe: /home/user/recipe.rb
 INFO :    package[nginx]
 INFO :       action: install
 INFO :          installed will change from 'false' to 'true'
 INFO :    service[nginx]
 INFO :       action: enable
 INFO :       action: start

Or you can apply a recipe to a remote machine by itamae ssh.

$ itamae ssh --host host001.example.jp recipe.rb

You can also apply a recipe to Vagrant VM by itamae ssh --vagrant.

$ itamae ssh --vagrant --host vm_name recipe.rb

You can find further information to use Itamae on Itamae Wiki.

Enjoy!

Documentation

https://github.com/itamae-kitchen/itamae/wiki

Run tests

Requirements: Vagrant

$ bundle exec rake spec

Get Involved

• Join Slack team

Presentations / Articles

in Japanese

• Itamae - Infra as Code 現状確認会
• クックパッドのサーバプロビジョニング事情 - クックパッド開発者ブログ
• Itamaeが構成管理を仕込みます！ ～新進気鋭の国産・構成管理ツール～：連載｜gihyo.jp … 技術評論社

Contributing

If you have a problem, please create an issue or a pull request.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request