README.md

cygwin cookbook

Supported Platforms

Windows

Providers

cygwin_package

Install or remove cygwin packages.

Example usage:

cygwin_package 'openssh' do
    action :install
end

Actions

• :install
• :uninstall

Recipes

cygwin::default

Installs cygwin

Attributes

Key	Type	Description	Default
['cygwin']['download_path']	String	Path to download the cygwin installer executable	Chef::Config['file_cache_path']
['cygwin']['home']	String	Path to install cygwin	C:\cygwin
['cygwin']['site']	String	Mirror to use for downloading packages	http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/
['cygwin']['packages']	Array<String>	An optional list of cygwin packages to install	[]

cygwin::ssh

Installs cygwin and configures openssh

Attributes

Key	Type	Description	Default
['cygwin']['ssh']['sshd_user']	String	User to run sshd as	cyg_server
['cygwin']['ssh']['sshd_passwd']	String	Password for the sshd user	nil

License and Authors

Author:: Ryan Larson ([email protected])

Author:: Ben Jansen ([email protected])