vm-setup-cookbook

Configures an ideal set up for a virutal machine running on ARM64.

Requirements

Vagrant, Parallels, Chef, Chef InSpec, bento/ubuntu-20.04-arm64

Function

1. Install a GUI.
2. Create a User.
3. Install Visual Studio Code.
4. Install Chromium.
5. Download pictures.
6. Set up wallpaper.
7. Create a Plex Media Server.
8. Bypass Ubuntu Initial Setup Process.
9. Configure Chromium.
10. Add bookmarks to Chromium.

Usage

• Start: kitchen converge vm-setup
• Test[Integration]: kitchen verify vm-setup
• Test[Unit]: chef exec rpsec
• Stop: kitchen destroy vm-setup

Recipes

1. apt_update.rb

• updates and install anything the vm needs updating.

2. configure_plex.rb

• Use a template to update the Preferences file for Plex Media Server to configure it.

3. default.rb

• Default recipe containing all the references to the other Recipes.

4. dir_creation.rb

• Creates all the important directories and files needed.

5. file_download.rb

• Remotely installs files from the web.

6. gui_install.rb

• Installs ubuntu-desktop as the GUI for the vm.

7. package_install.rb

• Installs all the packages needed to configure the vm.

8. picture_install.rb

• Installs the wallpaper for the desktop created from the GUI.

9. user_creation.rb

• Creates a new user account with priviliges.

10. configure_chromium.rb

• Configure Chromium to have all the settings, preferences, extensions, bookmarks and etc of an already existing Chromium.

Attributes:

1. node['vm-setup']['user_name']

• The username for the user of the machine.

2. node['vm-setup']['user_pass']

• The password for the user of the machine in hash code.

3. node['vm-setup']['code_version']

• The vistual studio code version that is to be installed.

3. node['vm-setup'][‘files_list’]

• Contains all of the addresses of the files that were just remotely downloaded.

4. node['vm-setup'][‘source_list’]

• Contains all of the remote address of the files that needs to be installed remotely.

5. node['vm-setup']['bookmark_name_list']

• Stores the name of the bookmarks to be added to Chrome.

6. node['vm-setup']['bookmark_url_list']

• Stores all the urls associated to the name of the bookmarks.

7. node['vm-setup']['upgrade_ubuntu']

• A true or false flag for upgrading Ubuntu.

8. node['vm-setup']['background']

• The url to download the image for the wallpaper.

Templates:

Preferences.xml.erb