About LEAP command line interface

This gem installs an executable 'leap' that allows you to manage servers using the LEAP platform. You can read about the platform on-line.

Installation

Install prerequisites:

sudo apt-get install git ruby ruby-dev rsync openssh-client openssl rake

NOTE: leap_cli requires ruby 1.9 or later.

Optionally install Vagrant in order to be able to test with local virtual machines (recommended):

sudo apt-get install vagrant virtualbox

NOTE: the packaged virtualbox and vagrant that comes with Debian and Ubuntu are rather ancient. Most people have better luck by downloading these packages from the upstream:

https://downloads.vagrantup.com/
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Install the leap command:

sudo apt-get install rake
git clone https://leap.se/git/leap_cli.git
cd leap_cli
rake build

Install as root user (recommended):

sudo rake install

Install as unprivileged user:

rake install
# watch out for the directory leap is installed to, then i.e.
sudo ln -s ~/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/bin/leap /usr/local/bin/leap

With both methods, you can use now /usr/local/bin/leap, which in most cases will be in your $PATH.

To run directly from a clone of the git repo, see "Development", below.

Usage

Run leap help for a help with commands.
Visit https://leap.se/docs/platform for tutorials and detailed documentation.

Development

How to set up your environment for developing the leap command.

Prerequisites

Debian Squeeze

sudo apt-get install git ruby ruby-dev rubygems
sudo gem install bundler rake
export PATH=$PATH:/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin

Debian Wheezy

sudo apt-get install git ruby ruby-dev bundler

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install git ruby ruby-dev
sudo gem install bundler

Install from git

Download the source:

git clone https://github.com/leapcode/leap_cli.git
cd leap_cli

Running from the source directory

To run the leap command directly from the source tree, you need to install the required gems using bundle and symlink bin/leap into your path:

cd leap_cli
bundle                        # install required gems
ln -s `pwd`/bin/leap ~/bin    # link executable somewhere in your bin path
which leap                    # make sure you will run leap_cli/bin/leap
leap help

If you get an error, make sure to check which leap. Some versions of bundle will incorrectly install a broken leap command in the gem bin directory when you do bundle.

Why not use bundle exec leap to run the command? This works, so long as your current working directory is under leap_cli. Because the point is to be able to run leap in other places, it is easier to create the symlink. If you run leap directly, and not via the command launcher that rubygems installs, leap will run in a mode that simulates bundle exec leap (i.e. only gems included in Gemfile are allowed to be loaded).