clouds.rb

cloud :staging_server do
    # basic settings
    using :ec2
    keypair "path_to_server_key.pem"
    user "ubuntu"
    image_id "ami-bb709dd2" #Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Canonical, ubuntu@
    availability_zones ['us-east-1d']
    instances 1
    instance_type 'm1.small'
    
    #attach the ebs volumes
    ebs_volumes do
      size 80
      device "/dev/sdh"
      snapshot_id "snap-1234abcd" #TODO find a way to automate this as it's new everyday...!
    end
    
    chef :solo do
      repo File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__) , "chef_cloud")
      
      recipe "apt"

      recipe "apache2"
      recipe "passenger_enterprise::apache2"
      
      recipe 'rubygems'
      
      recipe "mysql::server"
      recipe "mysql::server_ec2"
      
      recipe "git"
      recipe "capistrano"
      recipe "rails"
      
      attributes {
        :aws    => {
                    :ebs => {
                              :volume_id => "vol-abcd1234",
                              :elastic_ip => "123.456.7.89"
                            }
                   },
        :varnish => {
                      :storage_size => '250M'
                    },
        :passenger_enterprise => {
                                    :pool_idle_time => 24*60*60
                                 }
      }
            
    end
    
    security_group "web" do
      authorize :from_port => "22", :to_port => "22"
      authorize :from_port => "80", :to_port => "80"
    end
    
  end