Docker provisioning for chef

client.rb

chef_root        File.dirname(__FILE__)
log_level        :info
log_location     STDOUT
cookbook_path    File.expand_path('cookbooks', chef_root)
file_cache_path  '/var/chef/cache'
local_mode       true
file_backup_path '/var/chef/backup'

default.rb

remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/nginx.rpm" do
  source "http://nginx.org/packages/centos/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm"
end

package "install nginx-release" do
  source "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/nginx.rpm"
end

package "nginx"

file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/nginx.rpm" do
  action :delete
end

Dockerfile

FROM centos:centos6

EXPOSE 80

ADD cookbooks /root/chef/cookbooks/
ADD nodes /root/chef/nodes/
ADD roles /root/chef/roles/
ADD client.rb /root/chef/client.rb

RUN curl -L https://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh | bash
RUN cd /root/chef && chef-client -c client.rb -j nodes/node.json
CMD ["/usr/sbin/nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]

node.json

{"run_list":"recipe[nginx]"}