chef-solo-linux

Summary

Chef cookbook to install Nginx with Chef Solo on Linux. Demonstrates the use of the following Chef features in the cookbook:

• cookbook_files,
• attributes,
• templates, and
• roles.

The commits labeled V1 through V6 in the history go through the evolution of the cookbook as these features are introduced for educational purposes.

Running

Recipe

From inside src/:

sudo chef-solo -c solo.rb -o 'recipe[lab]'

The Nginx web site is available on port 80.

Roles

Switch the Chef node between functioning as a high or low traffic web server with the web-high and web-low roles:

sudo chef-solo -c solo.rb -o 'role[web-high]'
sudo chef-solo -c solo.rb -o 'role[web-low]'

Try it Yourself

Setting Up

An Azure RM template is included in infrastructure/ to create a virtual machine to follow along.

Using Azure PowerShell, do the following to provision the resources:

Login-AzureRmAccount
New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name cloud-kitchen -Location "Central US"
New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment -Name ChefSolo -ResourceGroupName cloud-kitchen -TemplateFile .\infrastructure\arm-template.json
Get-AzureRmPublicIpAddress -Name lab-vm-ip -ResourceGroupName cloud-kitchen | Select -ExpandProperty IpAddress

Alternatively, you can perform a one-click deploy with the following button:

SSH into the virtual machine:

• user: student
• password: 1Lab_Virtual_Machine!

Then clone this repository and run the init script to get Chef

sudo yum install -y git
git clone https://github.com/lrakai/chef-solo-linux.git
cd chef-solo-linux
bash init.sh

Tearing Down

When finished, remove the Azure resources with:

Remove-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name cloud-kitchen -Force