[chef] Re: question on bootstrapping a particular version of chef-server

[Bryan McLellan < >]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:42 PM,  
<
 >
 wrote:
> I am trying to find out if there is a way to bootstrap a particular version 
> of
> chef-server using chef-solo. Currently, the Opscode wiki talks about using
> bootstrap-latest.tar.gz which gives me 0.10.8 and I would like to get 
> 0.10.6. I
> couldn’t find any documentation on selecting a particular version.

The chef-server::rubygems-install recipe that is included in the
tarball of cookbooks in bootstrap uses the
node[:chef_packages][:chef][:version] variable to decide what version
of the chef-server gem to install.

Following the directions here:
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo,
you would want your chef.json file that you pass to chef-solo to look
like this:

{
  "chef_packages": {
    "chef": {
      "version": "0.10.6"
    }
  },
  "chef_server": {
    "server_url": "http://localhost:4000";,
    "init_style": "init"
  },
  "run_list": [ "recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]" ]
}

Bryan