chef-client cookbook getting started

base_role.rb.sh

(cat <<'EOP'
name "base"
description "Base role applied to all nodes"
override_attributes(
  "chef_client" => {
    "server_url" => "https://api.opscode.com/organizations/ORGNAME",
    "validation_client_name" => "ORGNAME-validator"
  }
)
run_list(
  "recipe[chef-client::config]",
  "recipe[chef-client::service]",
  "recipe[chef-client::delete_validation]"
)
EOP
) | sudo tee /var/chef-solo/roles/base.rb

chef-solo.json.sh

$ (cat <<'EOP'
{
  "run_list": ["role[base]"]
}
EOP
) | sudo tee /tmp/chef-solo.json

client.rb.sh

$ cat /etc/chef/client.rb

log_level        :info
log_location     STDOUT

chef_server_url  "https://api.opscode.com/organizations/ORGNAME"
validation_client_name "ORGNAME-validator"
node_name "sub.example.com"

file_backup_path   "/var/lib/chef"
file_cache_path    "/var/cache/chef"

pid_file           "/var/run/chef/client.pid"

install_chef.sh

$ curl -L http://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh | sudo bash

run_solo.sh

$ sudo chef-solo --config /etc/chef/solo.rb --node-name sub.example.com

solo.rb.sh

$ (cat <<'EOP'
file_cache_path "/var/chef-solo"
cookbook_path "/var/chef-solo/cookbooks"
role_path "/var/chef-solo/roles"
json_attribs "/tmp/chef-solo.json"
recipe_url "http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz"

# when COOK-1506 is fixed, chef_server_url can be omitted.
# see http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/COOK-1506
chef_server_url "https://api.opscode.com/organizations/ORGNAME"
EOP
) | sudo tee /etc/chef/solo.rb

validation.pem.sh

$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/chef/

$ (cat <<'EOP'
# redacted
EOP
) | sudo tee /etc/chef/validation.pem