chef_server_image cookbook

This cookbook includes an LWRP chef_server_image for setting up and configuring chef-server. It creates the organisation and user for chef-server and also configures the Management UI.

Requirements

Platforms

Supported on Ubuntu 12.04

Resource/Provider

chef_server_image

Exposes a bash command chef-server-setup which sets up and configures chef-server on the node.

Actions

• :setup: exposes command chef-server-setup

Attribute Parameters

• package_url: package_url for chef-server.
• api_fqdn: set API FQDN
• cloud_provider: set the cloud provider. Default is azure
• fqdn_type: Allowed values are internal or external. Default is internal
• package_version: Specify package version.
• package_name: Specify package name. Default is chef-server-core
• chef_server_configuration: Configuration hash for chef server
• opscode_ui_configuration: Configuration hash for Opscode UI.
• apt_repo_distribution: Apt repository distribution

Examples

# Basic chef-server setup and configuration
chef_server_image "chef_server_image setup" do
  action :setup
end

Usage

After bootstrapping the node with chef_server_image cookbook, a message will be dispalyed on login to the node:

  Run following command to install and configure Chef Server
  $ sudo chef-server-setup -u <username> -p <password> -o <organizations-short-name>
  Example:
  sudo chef-server-setup -u sysadmin -p \$MYPASSWORD -o engineering
  Use -? option for additional customization options

Running the command specified above will configure chef-server.