Bootstrapping Chef

Bootstrapping Chef

In the spirit of IaC, here are the steps to automating the installation of the Chef Server.

• 1. Create and install an unattended installation ISO for the server (See kickstart and IBM Crowbar):

     • Enable SSH service

  2. If Server is a VirtualBox VM, set up the networking:

• • 1. Use VirtualBox to create a Host-Only bridge (This can be shared across many VM's)

    2. Use VirtualBox to add a NIC to VM that uses the Host-Only bridge(defaults to 192.168.56.1).

    3. Create a new interface with static IP on the VM (configured to use the host-only bridge; e.g. 192.168.56.101).

• 3. Subsequent commands are run as remote SSH commands:

• • 1. Install Babushka

    2. Run Babushka script to automate:

       1. Enable passwordless pseudo for deploy user

       2. Add VirtualBox Guest Additions

       3. Update and upgrade OS

       4. Set-up and configuration of Chef Server