Vagrant-chef-server

Setup a chef server with vagrant

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Vagrant Chef Server

Requirements

You need the following.

  1. virtualbox (https://www.virtualbox.org)

    • The latest VirtualBox platform packages.
    • The latest VirtualBox Extension Pack.

  2. ruby (https://www.ruby-lang.org)

  3. Chef (http://www.opscode.com)

  4. Vagrant (http://www.vagrantup.com)

  5. Omnibus Vagrant plugin (https://github.com/schisamo/vagrant-omnibus)

    • In you terminal issue the command vagrant plugin install vagrant-omnibus

  6. Berkshelf Vagrant plugin (https://github.com/riotgames/vagrant-berkshelf)

    • In you terminal issue the command vagrant plugin install vagrant-berkshelf

Quick Install

First clone this repository then 

$ bundle install --path vendor
$ berks install --path cookbooks
$ vagrant up

Visit https://10.33.33.33/version to check if everything is working. Then https://10.33.33.33 to access the web interface (admin/p@ssw0rd1). Change to a secure password and regenerate certificates.

Do it yourself

Project Setup

Create and move to the project folder.

$ mkdir vagrant-chef-server
$ cd vagrant-chef-server

Create a gem file.

$ cat > Gemfile <<EOF
source "https://rubygems.org"

gem "knife-solo"
gem "berkshelf"

EOF

Install the gem locally to a new 'vendor' folder. 

$ bundle install --path vendor

Create a knife solo (a.k.a chef solo) folder structure.

$ knife solo init .

Create a Berkshelf file to manage cookbooks.

$ cat > Berksfile <<EOF
site :opscode

cookbook 'chef-server'

EOF

Install Berkshelf cookbooks.

$ berks install --path cookbooks

Configure Chef Server Node

Create “chef.json” file in the role folder with the following content. 

{
  "name": "chef",
  "chef_type": "role",
  "json_class": "Chef::Role",
  "description": "The base role for Chef Server",
  "default_attributes": {
    "chef-server": {
      "version": "latest",
      "configuration": {
        "chef_server_webui": {
          "enable": true
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[chef-server::default]"
  ]
}

You can change or find more info to the above settings at https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/chef-server/blob/master/attributes/default.rb

Done !

Configure Vagrant

Create a vagrant intialization file with the following command.

vagrant init

Change your vagrant to file to:

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  config.vm.box = "precise64"
  config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box"

  config.vm.network :private_network, ip: "10.33.33.33"
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 80, host: 8000
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 443, host: 8443

  config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |v|
    v.name = "chef-server"
    v.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "2"]
    v.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024"]
  end

  config.omnibus.chef_version = :latest
  config.berkshelf.enabled = true

  config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
    chef.cookbooks_path = "cookbooks"
    chef.roles_path = "roles"
    chef.data_bags_path = "data_bags"

    chef.add_role("chef")
  end
end

Launch the virtual machines.

$ vagrant up

Visit https://10.33.33.33/version to check if everything is working. Then https://10.33.33.33 to access the web interface (admin/p@ssw0rd1). Change to a secure password and regenerate certificates.

You can access your chef server from another computer in the same network with https://your-machine-ip:8443

Connect through ssh to copy your chef server keys.

$ vagrant ssh chef
vagrant@precise64:~$ sudo cp /etc/chef-server/*.pem /vagrant/.chef/

Knife configuration

Configure knife

$ knife configure -i
  • chef server URL: https://10.33.33.33
  • clientname: admin
  • admin client's private key: .chef/webui.pem
  • validation key: .chef/validation.pem

Check knife configuration:

$ knife client list
> chef-validator
> chef-webui

That's it! You're now ready to cook.