This is a snippet from my blog post "Bootstrapping Chef in one command with Babushka"
Install wget if not already installed:
apt-get install wget
Bootstrap babushka using babushka:
bash -c "`wget -O - babushka.me/up`"
Follow the default prompts and you should be good to go.
Next we run my 'chef user' dep:
babushka ivanvanderbyl:'chef user'
Notice how we don't have to tell Babushka where to get it from? By default Babushka looks for a Github repository called <GITHUB USERNAME>/babushka-deps.git and clones it, then loads it into its internal list.
My babushka-deps repo contains the dep chef user
This will run the list documented below, and towards the end create a new user account. Make sure you don't call the user chef because it will cause things to fail in the next step. I usually use deploy
Now logout from root and reconnect as the chef user you just created to complete the next step: actually installing chef-server.
This is where the magic happens, run this dep and you will have a complete Chef Server installation, optionally with chef-server-webui
babushka ivanvanderbyl:'bootstrapped chef'
This will verify that all services have started correctly and if so report success, otherwise it will output a log file so you can trace what happened and hopefully fix the problem. (Please report bugs with this process below)
- Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn't been implemented or the bug hasn't been fixed yet
- Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn't requested it and/or contributed it
- Fork the project
- Start a feature/bugfix branch e.g. git checkout -b
feature/my-awesome-ideaorsupport/this-does-not-work - Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution
- Issue a pull request
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