Diffuse Cloud: Chef Server - Installation & Configuration

1) Download the latest:

2) Install using RPM:

$ rpm -ivh chef-server-11.0.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

3) Set the hostname in server and also in DNS server:

$ hostname chef-server.np.lnawsapps.co.uk

$ vi /etc/sysconfig/network

$ vi /etc/hosts

$ reboot

4) If you are using some Operating system whose entry is not in Chef configuration then need to add. Let’s assume of Amazon OS:

$ vi /opt/chef-server/embedded/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb

case node["platform"]

when "ubuntu"

include_recipe "runit::upstart"

when "redhat","centos","rhel","scientific","amazon" #### this needs to be changed - add amazon

if node['platform_version'] =~ /^6/

include_recipe "runit::upstart"

else

include_recipe "runit::upstart" #### this needs to be changed

end

else

include_recipe "runit::sysvinit"

end

5) Then run chef configure command:

$ chef-server-ctl reconfigure

(may take a while as will configure all bits)

6) Custom configurations- create this file and paste below lines.

[root@chef-server ~]# cat /etc/chef-server/chef-server.rb

server_name = "chef-server.yourdomain.co.uk" ## change this line

api_fqdn server_name

nginx['url'] = "https://#{server_name}"

nginx['server_name'] = server_name

lb['fqdn'] = server_name

bookshelf['vip'] = server_name
erchef[‘s3_url_ttl’] = 3600

[root@chef-server ~]#

7) Then again run chef configure command:

$ chef-server-ctl reconfigure

8) Verify :

i. Installation:

$ chef-server-ctl test

ii. Services:

$ /opt/chef-server/bin/chef-server-ctl service-list

$ /opt/chef-server/bin/chef-server-ctl status

$ /opt/chef-server/bin/chef-server-ctl test

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