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Samselvaprabu
Samselvaprabu

Reputation: 18207

How to install Serverspec in windows machine where internet is not there?

I was using serverspec in a VM where internet is available and it was so nice.

But when we need to give the script to testers they have to install it in a machine where internet is not available.

I was trying to install in a local folder in a VM where internet available then installed in test VM. But when i run Serverspec-init it says rspec is not found.

Seems some dependent gems also need to be installed before using it.

Is it not possible to install the whole bundle as one step? How to do that?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 366

Answers (1)

sixty4bit
sixty4bit

Reputation: 7956

Managing gems on a server that doesn't have internet access is definitely a challenge.

One relatively-straightforward way to do what you need is to make use of the vendor/cache directory in your application and make bundle know about it when using bundle install by using the --local flag.

First, download the gem archive (.gem file extension) of the bundler gem by going to its Rubygems page and clicking the "download" link in the bottom right. You'll need to upload that file to your test server and run $ gem install bundler-1.12.15.gem from the command line.

Now you need to get the .gem archives for serverspec, its dependencies, and all of its dependencies' dependencies, and put them inside your application in the vendor/cache directory (create those with $ mkdir -p vendor/cache) if they don't exist.

Now when you deploy the application to the server, with these .gem files in vendor/cache, run bundle install --local. This will install the gems. You can see the official documentation of the --local option at the bundler docs.

Upvotes: 2

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