[chef] Re: Put Chef Repo into Private Git

[Fabien Delpierre < >]

Simon,

Yes and no.

It's trivial to turn your existing directory into a Git repo and push it to your private GitHub server.

https://help.github.com/articles/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line/

Before committing, you may want to set up a .gitignore. If you have any secrets in your data bags, think about whether they should be in source control.

Making your Chef server use that Git repo is a little trickier. Somehow you still need to upload data from the repo to the Chef Server by using Knife. The data is not stored in Chef Server the same way it's stored in the Chef repo on your workstation. You could set up a CI workflow with something like Jenkins and/or Travis CI that would keep an eye on the GitHub repo and upload changes to the Chef Server. It's not hard to do but is a little more involving than adding the Chef repo to GitHub.

Just an example: https://blog.5apps.com/2014/01/07/using-travis-to-make-sure-your-chef-repo-and-server-are-in-sync.html

I hope this helps!

Fabien

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Simon Hawkins < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Hi All,

 

I have my chef-repo on my chef-workstation with the usual directories:

 

/home/chefuser/chef-repo

config

cookbooks

data_bags

environments

 

etc,

 

Is there a way I can create a repository on our private github server and upload this whole directory structure and get my chef-server and workstation to use this repo? Are there any guides on how to do this?

 

Cheers,

Simon

 

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