Chef Server Setup

chef_server_setup

Chef Server Setup
=============
- Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64 (only other option is RHEL 5 or 6)
- Hostname setup:
  echo "parabola" > /etc/hostname
  hostname -F /etc/hostname
  
  ```/etc/hosts
  127.0.0.1 fqdn hostname localhost
  # (e.g., 127.0.0.1 parabola.tylercipriani.com parabola localhost)
  ```

- Setup Chef (info: http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/03/11/chef-11-server-up-and-running/):

```
cd ~
wget https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/12.04/x86_64/chef-server_11.0.8-1.ubuntu.12.04_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i chef-server_11.0.8-1.ubuntu.12.04_amd64.deb
sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure
```

- Workstation setup

[info](http://gettingstartedwithchef.com/introducing-chef-server.html)

```
mkdir ~/Development
git clone git://github.com/opscode/chef-repo ~/Development/chef-repo
cd ~/Development/chef-repo && mkdir .chef && cd .chef
scp root@chef-server:/etc/chef-server/admin.pem ~/.chef
scp root@chef-server:/etc/chef-server/chef-validator.pem ~/.chef
knife configure -i
```

- Cookbook setup
Add cookbooks to ~/Development/chef-repo/cookbooks
upload via:
knife cookbook upload --all -o ~/Development/chef-repo/cookbooks

- Create New role
export EDITOR=vim
knife create role webserver
add all your recipes to `run_list`
:wq

knife role list
knife role show webserver -d -F json > ~/Development/chef-repo/roles/webserver.json
knife role from file !$

- Launch new instance
knife bootstrap --run-list "role[webserver]" --sudo --ssh-user ubuntu --identity-file <private-half-of-ssh-key> <ip-address-or-hostname>