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A massive standard library of Puppet modules optimized for Boxen to manage everything from running MySQL to installing Minecraft, by Github Inc.

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Why does Phoenix (ecto/Postgresx) fail to Connect in dev

I am beginning my Elixir/Phoenix journey and having some trouble with my postgres connection. When I start up my server I get: $ mix phoenix.server [error] Postgrex.Protocol (#PID<0.214.0>) failed to connect: ** (Postgrex.Error) tcp connect:…
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What's Boxen and what does it do?

Today I see the new Github team project, called Boxen: http://boxen.github.com/ I completely read their introduction for this project but I really didn't understand WHY should I use that? How it goes to simplify development process? EDIT: I see that…
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Pyenv not auto activating

I have pyenv installed in my environment and up to this weekend (when I installed 'Kivy') my pyenv/local setup has been working fine. But now when I go to my various python project directories, pyenv does not automatically activate the right python…
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Prompt user for input using boxen

I'm completely new to boxen (and puppet) and I want to prompt a user for a password during set up. I need to encrypt the input and add it to a config file. I'll be using a template to generate the file, but getting the password is a little tricky…
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Why can't Boxen use RVM?

I understand that Boxen doesn't work with RVM, what I don't understand is why. Is there some limitation that prevents Boxen from being able to use RVM instead of rbenv? The core of Boxen is Puppet which does support the installation of an RVM module…
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5 boxen errors when running boxen (our-boxen)

I followed the directions in the our-boxen README but I keep getting 5 errors when I try to run boxen. I did all of the suggestions suggested on the Homebrew help page (brew install, brew doctor, check that command line tools/xcode is installed). I…
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Uninstall nodenv from boxen

Boxen installs nodenv in /opt/boxen/nodenv. Is it ok to uninstall it simply removing the nodenv directory? rm -rf /opt/boxen/nodenv I wish to do a clean install, re-running boxen. I could nuke the all boxen installation, but I'm wondering if this…
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How do I configure boxen and rbenv with rubymine?

I am trying to use Rubymine, which I have installed via boxen on my Mac OSX Mavericks. The Jetbrains support indicates that Rubymine will look only in the default ~/.rbenv folder on startup. Is there a way to configure Rubymine to look at the boxen…
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Puppet : Create a exec can only be called by require

We using Boxen/Puppet to automate the build of our Mac development laptops, one step is to install rabbitmq, declare vhosts and add users. But it takes little bit more time for rabbitmq to be ready for vhosts declaration and adding new users so we…
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How do I run boxen in Mavericks with rbenv installed?

I recently upgraded to Mac OS 10.9 and now I get this message when I run boxen: Bundler is not compatible with Ruby 2.0 or Rubygems 2.0. Please upgrade to Bundler 1.3 or higher. Can't bootstrap, dependencies are outdated I imagined that I…
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Can github boxen run in mac os 10.7 (Lion)

I am trying github.com's boxen tool in my mac os (10.7.5). However, every time I try to run the project template: https://github.com/boxen/our-boxen, it complains this: --> You must be running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). Does that mean boxen tool can…
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How do I manage applications installed on a Windows development machine?

What tool would let me manage what is installed on windows development machines (and windows jenkins machines) in a easy, straightforward way? I imagine making a file like so: eclipse: 4.4 vim: 7.4 cygwin: 1.7 Then I would point said fantasy tool…
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How do you reinstall a plugin/package/app with Boxen?

My work machine is configured with Boxen and something broke with my pyenv setup. I can't figure it out but I want it was installed by boxen and I'm not sure how to reinstall a specific app or package or plugin using boxen. We have this segment in…
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How do I disable the screen lock requirement in Boxen?

I'm using Boxen to configure several virtual machine build agents. Because these machines' host computer is password protected, I want to use automatic login and disable screen lock in these virtual machines' Boxen configuration. By default, Boxen…
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can puppet differentiate between a scalar and a single element array as a resource attribute?

is there a way to make Puppet to differentiate between my_custom_type { 'key': value => 'blah', } and my_custom_type { 'key': value => ['blah'], } when declaring resource attributes? this is for a custom type, so i have full ruby-land control,…
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