Simple puppet module for Java8 for a VM built with Vagrant

Question

I'm trying to write a puppet module to install Java 8 on a virtual machine. With Java 6 it was not a problem: I wrote a java.pp with more or less these lines and everything worked correctly.

class java_6 {

package { "openjdk-6-jdk":
  ensure => installed,
require => Exec["update-package-list"],
}}

I tried with some tutorial online, but everything seems to be more complex than I need. Do you have some idea how to obtain Java 8 installed on VM through Puppet?

Answer 1

java8.pp for Ubuntu:

case $::operatingsystem {
    ubuntu: {
      include apt

      apt::ppa { 'ppa:openjdk-r/ppa': 
        ensure => present,
      }

      exec { 'apt-update':
        command => '/usr/bin/apt-get update',
        require => [
          Apt::Ppa['ppa:openjdk-r/ppa']
        ],
      }

      package { 'openjdk-8-jdk':
        require  => [
          Exec['apt-update'],
          Apt::Ppa['ppa:openjdk-r/ppa'],
        ],
      }
    }

    default: {
      notice "Unsupported operatingsystem ${::operatingsystem}"
    }
  }

This java8.pp file depends on apt module, which has to be installed on your machine.

1. sudo puppet module install puppetlabs-apt
2. sudo puppet apply java8.pp

3. Running java -version to verify:

   ravitezu@Lenevo:~/Workspace/Puppet$ java -version
   openjdk version "1.8.0_91"
   OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_91-8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1-b14)
   OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.91-b14, mixed mode)

Answer 2

You do not necessarily need to build a module yourself to have Java8 running, most recommended ways is to let master do it and use modules like the puppetlabs-java puppet module, latest update can install Java 8 with simple class

class { 'java' : 
  distribution  => 'jdk',
  package       => 'java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel'
}