[chef] Configure/Document Client Install?

[Douglas Garstang < >]

So, I'm sitting here on a Monday morning (re)writing docs on how to install the chef client and configure it for our environment. I work for a startup, so this evolves (and sometimes devolves) frequently. I've had to rework this document a number of times, as you'd expect. There's gotta be a better way.

Would writing a chef-solo recipe to configure someone's local system to set up the chef client be a more scalable solution? Anyone done this?

Doug