chef.md

https://docs.chef.io/install_server.html https://docs.chef.io/ctl_chef_server.html

To set up private chef on an m1.small EC2 instance running Ubuntu 14.04:

sudo sh -c 'echo foo.example.com > /etc/hostname' # very important on ec2 instances! sudo shutdown -r now wget https://web-dl.packagecloud.io/chef/stable/packages/ubuntu/trusty/chef-server-core_12.0.8-1_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i chef-server* sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure sudo chef-server-ctl user-create pjungwir Paul Jungwirth [email protected] changeme sudo chef-server-ctl password pjungwir sudo chef-server-ctl org-create short_numm full_name --assocation_user pjungwir

To install the management webapp:

sudo chef-server-ctl install opscode-manage sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure sudo opscode-manage-ctl reconfigure

To create encrypted data bags:

openssl rand -base64 512 >.chef/encrypted_data_bag_secret

To upload cookbooks:

knife cookbook upload this that the other

To load roles:

knife role from file roles/web.json

To manage EC2 servers:

knife ec2 server list

ssh-add /.ssh/pjungwir-aws.pem knife ec2 server create -I ami-d05e75b8 -f m3.medium -Z us-east-1b -E staging -r 'roles[web]' --server-connect-attribute private_ip_address --ssh-user ubuntu --ssh-gateway [email protected] --identity-file=/src/example/doc/aws/pjungwir.pem -s subnet-7162eb5a -g sg-239eae47 -N staging-web-1 --iam-profile staging-web

To run things again:

knife ssh 'role:web' 'sudo chef-client' knife ssh 'node:foo' 'sudo chef-client'