ServiceNow MIDserver Cookbook

This cookbook is used to install a ServiceNow MIDserver

Requirements

Platforms

The following platforms are tested directly

• RedHat 6.6

The MIDserver can work on the following platforms:

• Windows 2003, 2008, and 2012
• 64-bit Linux Systems

Attributes

The following attributes affect how the cookbook will install and configure the MIDserver:

• node['midserver']['url'] - Sets the ServiceNow instance the MIDserver will connect to
• node['midserver']['user'] - the username that the MIDserver will use to connect to the instance
• node['midserver']['password'] - the password that the MIDserver will use to connect to the instance
• node['midserver']['service_name'] - the name of the service
• node['midserver']['install_base'] - location where the MIDserver will be unzipped
• node['midserver']['download_url'] - the URL of the binary to download
• node['midserver']['zipfile'] - the location to download the zipfile to

Recipes

This section describes the recipes in the cookbook:

default

Includes all recipes in the cookbook

install

Downloads the MIDserver binary and unzips it

config

Creates the config file used by the MIDserver

service

Installs the service that the MID server will run as

TODO

Improve the functionality of the service cookbook