[chef] Setting up a node from command line?

[Will Sargent < >]

So I'm installing Chef for the first time on an EC2 instance using the quick start guide and I have hit a wall at the point where I have to add a node so that running "sudo chef-client" does not give me a "401" error.

Here are the steps I've followed

sudo gem sources -a http://gems.opscode.com



sudo gem install ohai chef json

sudo apt-get install couchdb




sudo /etc/init.d/couchdb start



sudo /etc/init.d/couchdb status




sudo gem install chef-server chef-server-slice



sudo gem install stompserver

stompserver &




sudo vi /etc/chef/server.rb



sudo chef-indexer



sudo chef-server -c2 -N




git clone git://github.com/opscode/chef-repo.git



cd chef-repo



vi config/rake.rb



rake test
git ci -am 'Add everything'



rake install

sudo chef-client

I have read through the managing nodes page but the documentation does not give me enough information to set myself up -- I have tried adding a registration token, but specifying it in /etc/chef/server.rb does not seem to change anything, and neither does sudo chef-client -t 'token'

I cannot use a web browser on this instance (tried lynx, it doesn't seem sufficient), so anything I do has to be doable through command line. Help?