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auto setup/deploy development environment

I want to make a script of sorts such that I can automate the mundane tasks that I do to setup my linux box after a clean install. These steps are namely:

  1. Install perforce(as I work with perforce), or git and checkout code - This requires the user to enter a user/password
  2. Install software such as sun-jdk, maven, mysql, tomcat, etc
  3. Install eclipse and a couple of other plugins
  4. Mount a remote drive to local disk and create a copy of the data from that mount to local disk

There are other couple of task and the target system is mostly ubuntu/debian? How can I do this, I know preseed file is an option but how do i do user input and stuff. Pls help!

Solution

  • Try Fabric which is

    a Python (2.5 or higher) library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks.

    You can write a fabfile with the various tasks you need, and then just run it against your freshly installed machine to configure the environment.