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