[chef] Re: Genuinely automatic install of chef server

[AJ Christensen < >]

On 12 October 2011 01:42, Geoff Meakin Acid
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> Hi all,
> Having now coded my entire infrastructure, I am practicing installing it
> from scratch.
> Ideally this should be all automatic (after all that is the point of chef) -
>  however I cant seem to install a chef-server automatically.
> The instructions on the chef wiki mention 3 ways to install, but ALL involve
> manual steps.
> For example, the debian way requires interactivity to setup, and then you
> need to run knife configure -i at the end.
> The bootstrap method seems to be the same - there are manual steps.
> I know there is a chef-server cookbook, but then I have to have a
> chef-server already installed to install it (dont I?)

You can use chef-solo to bootstrap your first chef-server

–AJ

> Can someone point me to a way of genuinely automatically installing
> chef-server, with no manual steps? (Other than say the initial command)
> Thanks
> --
> Geoff Meakin
> Founder Developer
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