Basic Sample Vagrantfile, Rakefile combination for working with OpsCode's and SLab's Chef cookbooks

Rakefile

require 'etc'
require 'fileutils'
require 'vagrant'


task :default => :usage

task :usage do
  puts "You forgot to tell the computer what to do; try one of these commands:"
  system("rake -T")
end

# Execute a command in the primary VM and write its output to the screen.
def vm_ssh(env, cmd)
  puts ">>> '#{cmd}'"
  env.primary_vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
    ssh.exec!(cmd) do |channel, stream, data|
      print data
      $stdout.flush
    end
  end
end

desc 'Initializes the environment.'
task :init => [:clobber,
               :cookbooks,
               :up]

desc 'Cleans everything out of the environment.'
task :clobber do
  FileUtils.rmtree %w{cookbooks}, :verbose => true
  env = Vagrant::Environment.new
  if env.primary_vm.created?
    puts 'vagrant destroy'
    env.cli('destroy')
  end
end

desc 'Downloads the cookbooks.'
task :cookbooks do
  Dir.mkdir("cookbooks") unless File.directory?("cookbooks")
  system('git clone --branch=slab https://github.com/erochest/opscode-cookbooks.git cookbooks/opscode')
  system('git clone https://github.com/scholarslab/cookbooks.git cookbooks/slab')
end

desc 'This calls Vagrant up.'
task :up do
  env = Vagrant::Environment.new
  puts 'vagrant up'
  env.cli('up')
end

desc 'Do a safe halt on the VM.'
task :halt do
  vm_ssh(Vagrant::Environment.new, 'sudo halt')
end

desc "cat /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-stacktrace.out."
task :chefst do
  env = Vagrant::Environment.new
  raise "Must run `vagrant up`" if !env.primary_vm.created?
  raise "Must be running!" if !env.primary_vm.vm.running?
  puts "Getting chef stacktrace."
  vm_ssh(env, "cat /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-stacktrace.out")
end

Vagrantfile

Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
  config.vm.box = "geoserver2"
  config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/lucid32.box"

  config.vm.network "33.33.33.10"
  config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
    chef.cookbooks_path = [
      'cookbooks/opscode',
      'cookbooks/slab',
    ]

    # chef.add_recipe 'TODO'

    chef.add_recipe 'tmux'
    chef.add_recipe 'vim'

    chef.json.merge!({
      :vim => {
        :extra_packages => %w{vim-scripts exuberant-ctags ack-grep}
      },
      :domain => [],
      :openldap => {}
    })
  end

end