[chef] Re: Genuinely automatic install of chef server

[Bryan Baugher < >]

You may want to look at the bootstrap command[1] for Knife. This should install base chef (ruby, ruby-gems, and the chef gem), which then allows you to run chef-solo. You can also include cookbooks and a run_list with the bootstrap command.

[1] - http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Knife+Bootstrap

Bryan

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Geoff Meakin Acid < "> > wrote:

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?)

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

Thanks

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Geoff Meakin

Founder Developer

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