Debian 'chef-server' bootstrap script that deploys with rvm, librarian (automagical cookbook download) and chef-solo. It's supposed to be easily maintenable since it completely relays on community cookbooks :] COPY PASTE: wget -O /tmp/bootstrap.tgz https://gist.github.com/rcmorano/5056474/download; bash /tmp/$(tar zxvf /tmp/bootstrap.tgz -C /tmp…

chef-server-bootstrap.sh

#!/bin/bash

CHEF_REPO=/var/lib/chef-repo
CHEF_FILE=/tmp/Cheffile; test -d $(dirname $CHEF_FILE) || mkdir -p $(dirname $CHEF_FILE)
SOLO_RB=/etc/chef/solo.rb; test -d $(dirname $SOLO_RB) || mkdir -p $(dirname $SOLO_RB)
SOLO_JSON=/etc/chef/solo.json; test -d $(dirname $SOLO_JSON) || mkdir -p $(dirname $SOLO_JSON)
GEM_PREDEPENDS="librarian chef"
RVM_RUBY_VER=1.9.2

# changed rvm installation from rvm-cookbook to rvm.io scripts again
curl -#L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --autolibs=3 --ruby
source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh
rvm autolibs enable
rvm install ruby-$RVM_RUBY_VER
rvm use --default ruby-$RVM_RUBY_VER
gem install --no-ri --no-rdoc $GEM_PREDEPENDS

# now that we have rvm, use librarian to download cookbooks
cat > $CHEF_FILE << EOF
cookbook 'chef-server'
EOF

# let librarian do its magic
test -d $CHEF_REPO || git clone git://github.com/opscode/chef-repo.git $CHEF_REPO
cd $CHEF_REPO
test -f Cheffile && rm Cheffile
librarian-chef init
cat $CHEF_FILE >> Cheffile
librarian-chef install

# set /etc/chef/solo.rb
cat > $SOLO_RB << EOF
file_cache_path "/tmp/chef-solo"
cookbook_path "$CHEF_REPO/cookbooks"
EOF

# bootstrap chef-server
cat > $SOLO_JSON << EOF
{
"chef-server": {
    "configuration": {
      "chef_server_webui": {
        "enable": true
      }
    }
  },
  "run_list": [ "recipe[chef-server::default]" ]
}
EOF
chef-solo -c $SOLO_RB -j $SOLO_JSON