A chef bootstrapper that provisions the machine with REE

ubuntu-lucid-ree.erb

<%# chef bootstrap script %>
<%# made by Estately, Inc. placed in the public domain. %>

bash -c '

<%# let's get this party started %>
apt-get update
apt-get -y install build-essential wget

<%# install REE if necessary %>
if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/ruby ]; then
    cd /tmp
    wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/71098/ruby-enterprise_1.8.7-2010.02_amd64_ubuntu10.04.deb
    dpkg -i ruby-enterprise_1.8.7-2010.02_amd64_ubuntu10.04.deb

    <%# remove all the gems that REE installs %>
    gem list --no-versions | grep -i ^[a-z] | xargs gem uninstall --ignore-dependencies
fi

<%# install shadow if necessary %>
if [ ! -f /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/shadow.so ]; then
    cd /tmp
    apt-get source libshadow-ruby
    cd libshadow-ruby-*
    ruby extconf.rb
    make
    make install
fi

<%# install chef %>
if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/chef-client ]; then
    gem install ohai chef --no-rdoc --no-ri
fi

<%# now that that's out of the way, upgrade everything, clean up, and move on %>
apt-get -y dist-upgrade
apt-get -y --purge autoremove

<%# set up chef %>
mkdir -p /etc/chef

(
cat <<'EOP'
<%= IO.read(Chef::Config[:validation_key]) %>
EOP
) > /tmp/validation.pem
awk NF /tmp/validation.pem > /etc/chef/validation.pem
rm /tmp/validation.pem
chmod 700 /etc/chef/validation.pem

(
cat <<'EOP'
log_level              :info
log_location           STDOUT
chef_server_url        "<%= Chef::Config[:chef_server_url] %>"
validation_client_name "<%= Chef::Config[:validation_client_name] %>"
node_name              "<%= @config[:chef_node_name] %>"
EOP
) > /etc/chef/client.rb

(
cat <<'EOP'
<%= { "run_list" => @run_list }.to_json %>
EOP
) > /etc/chef/first-boot.json

chef-client -j /etc/chef/first-boot.json && rm /etc/chef/first-boot.json /etc/chef/validation.pem && reboot'