SAP / Hana Client Chef Cookbook
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hana-client Cookbook
This cookbook installs the specified version of the SAP HANA Client on a windows
machine. Just plug in the location of your SAPCAR.exe
extractor, and the SAR
package.
This is a BYOP cookbook (Bring Your Own Package). You need to provide a download location for SAPCAR and the SAR package.
Supports
This cookbooks supports the following windows versions, and has been tested on SAP's internal cloud and AWS as noted below.
OS | Internally Tested | AWS EC2 Tested |
---|---|---|
Windows Server 2008 | ⃠ | ✓ |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | ✓ | ✓ |
Windows Server 2012 | ⃠ | ✓ |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | ✓ | ✓ |
Windows Server 2016 TP | ✓ | ⃠ |
Windows 10 | ✓ | ⃠ |
Attributes
Basic & Required
You need to provide these values to the cookbook so that it can install the client on your system. You may have specified these values as a part of another cookbook.
Key | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
['sap']['sapcar'] |
String | The URL to the SAPCAR executable to be used for extracting the SAP package | N/A |
['hana-client']['package'] |
String | The complete URL to the SAP SAR package for the HANA client to be installed | N/A |
Advanced & Optional
These attributes are used to fine tune the installation.
Key | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
['hana-client']['destination'] |
String | This is where the HANA client will live on your system. | c:\sap |
['hana-client']['uninstall_resintall'] |
Boolean | Signals the removal of any existing HANA clients in the destination
|
false |
Resource/Provider
hana-client
Actions
:install
:uninstall
Use the actions to install or remove an installation of the client to or from
the specified location. uninstall
removes any HANA client(s) found in the
root path.
Example
hana_client "C:\\Root\\Path\\To\\Install\\hana-clientent\\" do
installer "C:\\Path\\To\\Extracted\\Installer\\hdbinst.exe"
action :install
end
hana_client "C:\\Root\\Path\\To\\Finhana-clientent\\" do
action :uninstall
end
hana_client_sap_media
Use hana_client_sap_media
to extract an SAP SAR file to a specific location.
Example
hana_client_sap_media "Source.SAR" do
remote_path "Destination for extracted files"
sapcar "URL://of.SAPCAR/for/extraction"
end
Usage
hana-client::default
So you want to install the HANA client? In addition to the resources provided above, you can use this cookbook's default recipe to install the SAP HANA Client. Here's how:
- Depend on me (in your
metadata.rb
).
depends 'hana-client'
-
Tell me about your files (where to find them) and options (using attributes).
- [REQUIRED]: Location of SAPCAR.
- [REQUIRED]: Location of the SAR package you want.
- [OPTIONAL]: Change the default installation directory.
- [OPTIONAL]: Set the reinstall flag to remove any previous client.
-
Include
hana-client
in your node'srun_list
:
{
"name":"my_node",
"run_list": [
"recipe[hana-client]"
]
}
License and Authors
Authors
- Emmanuel Iturbide ([email protected])
- Dan-Joe Lopez ([email protected])
License
Copyright 2019, SAP
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.