matthewmueller / dots

WIP bootstrapping library for osx & ubuntu (and maybe others!)

dots

WIP bootstrapping library for osx & ubuntu (and maybe others!)

Installation

One-liner:

(mkdir -p /tmp/dots && cd /tmp/dots && curl -L https://github.com/matthewmueller/dots/archive/master.tar.gz | tar zx --strip 1 && sh ./install.sh)

Design

The goal of dots is to automate the process of getting your operating system from a stock build to a fully functional machine.

Dots should be the first thing you download and run to get your computer set up.

This library tries to be organized like a node application, while working within the constraints of bash.

Supported Operating systems:

Mac OS X

The OSX build does the following:

• install homebrew
• installs binaries (graphicsmagick, python, sshfs, ack, git, etc.)
• sets OSX defaults
• installs applications via homebrew-cask (one-password, sublime-text, virtualbox, nv-alt, iterm2, etc.)
• sets up the ~/.bash_profile

Ubuntu (server) (ALPHA)

The Ubuntu build does the following:

• dash => bash
• creates a user
• installs git and curl
• sets up the ssh keys
• configures fail2ban
• sets up the firewall
• installs docker

TODO

• Consider rewriting to be a cross-compiled Go project
• improve modularity (is there a way to source single functions from files?)
• generalize configuration (use secret gists for configuration)
• git-config
• ubuntu profile
• logging
• much more...

Credits

• Logo by: Piotrek Chuchla

License

MIT

dots's Issues

Homebrew isn't installing

The command ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" on line 7 of os/osx/update/sh return with curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 400 Bad Request.

Change dash to bash?!?!

You even mentioned shellshock in your blog post... and you still think switching to bash is a good idea?
A lot of other linux distros were pwned exactly because bash was their default (/bin/sh) shell.
Do NOT use bash as the system default shell.
You can use it (but why not zsh?) as your user shell (chsh) but DO NOT TOUCH IT IN debconf.

ln: /usr/local/bin/dots: Permission denied

Have I missed anything here? fresh yosi install, ran command, entered admin password... Permission denied?

$ (mkdir -p /tmp/dots && cd /tmp/dots && curl -L https://github.com/matthewmueller/dots/archive/master.tar.gz | tar zx --strip 1 && sh ./install.sh)
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 127 0 127 0 0 92 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 92
100 12806 100 12806 0 0 4160 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 --:--:-- 24071
Password:
ln: /usr/local/bin/dots: Permission denied

install failed: /usr/local doesn't exist

on fresh mac (upgraded from 10.9)

Steps to fix:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/{lib,bin}
sudo su
... (curl)

consider strict separation of code and data

For my own brew stuff, I generate data files of my installed stuff via this shell function:

save_brew () {
    brew leaves > ~/projects/dotfiles/brew_leaves.txt
    brew cask list > ~/projects/dotfiles/brew_cask_list.txt
}

So I can just install stuff normally via brew and if I decide I want to keep it I can save_brew. I can install with:

brewify() {
  cat "${DOTFILES}/brew_leaves.txt" | xargs brew install
}

I think you'll find maintaining this easier if you move toward keeping code/logic separated from pure data of installed inventory.

Random side note that I like your notion of using golang for a new version of this.

Download failed Mamp-Pro

I've got this error
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
Error: Download failed on Cask 'mamp' with message: Download failed: http://downloads.mamp.info/MAMP-PRO/releases/3.1/MAMP_MAMP_PRO_3.1.pkg
after downloading Mamp-Pro :
==> Downloading http://downloads.mamp.info/MAMP-PRO/releases/3.1/MAMP_MAMP_PRO_3.1.pkg

Differences from Laptop?

Hi @matthewmueller ,

Just found this project. It looks really cool!

I've been using a similar project, laptop from thoughtbot, as a git submodule for its bash functions like so: https://github.com/AlJohri/dotfiles/blob/master/setup-homebrew.sh#L60

I'm curious what differences you see between this project and https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop?

failing to remove sleepimage in osx-for-hackers.sh in case sensitive OS X

title says it all.
case-sensitive OS X shows these errors:

Remove the sleep image file to save disk space
rm: /Private/var/vm/sleepimage: No such file or directory
Creating a zero-byte file instead…
touch: /Private/var/vm/sleepimage: No such file or directory
…and make sure it can’t be rewritten
chflags: /Private/var/vm/sleepimage: No such file or directory

because the folder is called 'private', not 'Private'

consider making docker optional

Not everyone uses Docker, but the script assumes that Docker is a required component.

Permission problem with install.sh

I just setup up a clean machine (thanks!) and had a minor problem: install.sh failed at first try since mkdir /usr/local/ couldn't be created w/o sudo priviledges. I added sudo to the command, but than install.sh failed just a few lines later, so I just run sudo ./install.sh