Strap

Strap is a script to bootstrap a minimal OS X development system. This does not assume you're doing Ruby/Rails/web development but installs the minimal set of software every OS X developer will want.

Features

• Disables Java in Safari (for better security)
• Enables the OS X screensaver password immediately (for better security)
• Enables the OS X application firewall (for better security)
• Adds a Found this computer? message to the login screen (for machine recovery)
• Enables full-disk encryption and saves the FileVault Recovery Key to the Desktop (for better security)
• Installs the Xcode Command Line Tools (for compilers and Unix tools)
• Agree to the Xcode license (for using compilers without prompts)
• Installs Homebrew (for installing command-line software)
• Installs Homebrew Versions (for installing older versions of command-line software)
• Installs Homebrew Bundle (for bundler-like Brewfile support)
• Installs Homebrew Services (for managing Homebrew-installed services)
• Installs Homebrew Cask (for installing graphical software)
• Forwards localhost port 80 to 8080 and 443 to 8443 (for running web servers as an unprivileged user)
• Installs the latest OS X software updates (for better security)
• Installs software from a user's Brewfile in their https://github.com/username/homebrew-brewfile repository or .Brewfile in their home directory.
• A simple web application to set Git's name, email and GitHub token
• Mostly idempotent (the slow bit is rerunning brew update)

Usage

Open https://osx-strap.herokuapp.com in your web browser.

Alternatively, to run Strap locally run:

git clone https://github.com/mikemcquaid/strap
cd strap
bash bin/strap.sh # or bash bin/strap.sh --debug for more debugging output

Alternatively, to run the web application locally run:

git clone https://github.com/mikemcquaid/strap
cd strap
GITHUB_KEY="..." GITHUB_SECRET="..." ./script/server

Alternatively, to deploy to Heroku click:

Web Application Configuration Environment Variables

• GITHUB_KEY: the GitHub.com Application Client ID..
• GITHUB_SECRET: the GitHub.com Application Client Secret..
• SESSION_SECRET: the secret used for cookie session storage.
• WEB_CONCURRENCY: the number of Unicorn (web server) processes to run (defaults to 3).
• STRAP_ISSUES_URL: the URL where users should file issues (defaults to https://github.com/mikemcquaid/strap/issues/new).
• STRAP_BEFORE_INSTALL: instructions displayed in the web application for users to follow before installing Strap (will be wrapped in <li> tags).

Status

Stable and in active development.

Contact

Mike McQuaid

License

Strap is licensed under the MIT License. The full license text is available in LICENSE.txt.