raspbian_bootstrap

install chef-client on raspberry pi (raspbian).

Chef doesn't offer a omnibus chef-client for raspberry pi yet. This bootstrap script helps get around that by using ruby2.3 from Stretch and gem installing chef-client onto the node.

Before you start check the following:

• your chef workstation environment is setup and ready with knife
• your pi is on the network and you can login as root

This script has been tested against raspbian-jessie but should likely work gracefully for other linux systems.

installation

knife bootstrap -t raspbian-jessie-gems.erb -x root address_of_your_pi

Or to sudo in via pi user if you don't have root access (I set up my ssh keys first)

knife bootstrap -t raspbian-jessie-gems.erb --ssh-user pi --sudo address_of_your_pi

A full on example of one that applies What I personally will be doing later for new Pi's is applying my d-base cookbook as part of default run list.

knife bootstrap -t raspbian-jessie-gems.erb --ssh-user pi --ssh-password '{{password}}' --sudo --node-name NODE_NAME_YOU_WANT --run-list 'recipe[d-base::default]'

Ramifications of using this script

• pi's clock will be synchronized and pi running ntpd (network time protocol daemon).
• /usr/local/bin/chef-client to run chef-client with right path for chef & ruby.

Credits and Contributors

• @tinoschroeter : Tino Schröter as original author
• @dayne : dayne updated and evolved to support Chef 12
• @in-bto : ino-bto for trusted certs forwarding to client node
• @Edubits: Edubits updated to Jessie