`node_package` is a set of RPM/Debian/Solaris templates and scripts, suitable for packaging embedded Erlang nodes.

Currently supported operating systems / distros

• Redhat / Fedora and variants
• Debian / Ubuntu and variants
• FreeBSD
• OSX

Planned supported operating systems

• SmartOS

The following variables need to be exported for node_package to work correctly.

• PKG_VERSION - The version of your application (ex: 1.2.0)
• PKG_ID - The full name of the package, typically {{package_name}}-PKG_VERSION (ex: riak-1.2.0)

The following variables will have a default, but can be overriden in your application.

• PKG_BUILD - (Default: 1) Sets the “release” version of the build (ex: app-5.4-1 <- the ‘1’)
• ERLANG_BIN - (Default: `which erl`) Sets the path of the current erlang binary

The following variables describe a package

• package_name - The name of the package
• package_install_name - The name used in the install directories eg: /usr/lib/{{package_install_name}}. Usually the same as package_name.
• package_shortdesc - A short (< one line) description of the package
• package_install_user - The user to create and run the daemon from
• package_install_group - The group to create and add the above user to
• copyright - The copyright holder (ex: 2011 Basho Technologies, Inc)
• license_type - The short desciption of what license the app is under
• vendor_name - The name of the person or company who is releasing this package
• vendor_url - The website of the person or company who is releasing this package
• vendor_contact_name - The name of the maintainer (ex: Basho Packaging)
• vendor_contact_email - The email address of the maintainer (ex: packages@basho.com)
• solaris_pkgname - Package names for Solaris follow a naming convention of MAINTapp (ex: BASHOriak)
• runner_wait_process - The erlang process to wait for to determine if your app started or not. (ex: `riak_core_node_watcher` in riak’s case)

• license_full_text - If the full text of a license needs to be included, use this variable
• deb_depends - Dependencies you require on deb sytems. This should be a comma separated list.
• package_desc - A long description of the package
• solaris_depends - (not supported yet) Dependencies specific to the solaris package
• package_install_user_desc - The description of the user created for the app
• runner_ulimit_warn - The runner script will warn if `ulimit -n` is less than this value. This defaults to 4096 in all packages.
• platform_patch_dir - Directory to include in erlang’s load path to allow for patches to be hotloaded. (ex: {platform_lib_dir}/basho-patches)
• bin_or_sbin - Tells where to put the binaries, in */bin or */sbin (default: bin)