chef

• www.opscode.com/chef

DESCRIPTION:

Chef is a systems integration framework masquerading as a configuration management tool.

REQUIREMENTS:

chef:

• ruby-openid
• json
• erubis
• extlib
• stomp
• ohai

chef-server and the chef-server-slice (merb slice), same requires as chef above, plus:

• stompserver
• ferret
• merb-core
• merb-haml
• mongrel
• haml
• ruby-openid
• syntax

External Servers:

• stompserver (for easy stomp mq testing)
• CouchDB

INSTALL:

Install all of the above. To fire up a development environment, do the following:

  * Start CouchDB with 'couchdb'
  * Start stompserver with 'stompserver'
  * Start chef-indexer with:

    chef-indexer -l debug

  * Start chef-server:

    chef-server -N -c 2
    OR
    (in chef-server-slice)
    slice -N -c 2

  * Test run chef to begin node registration:

    chef-client

  * Validate the node registration:

    Visit http://localhost:4000
      Login, enter an openid URL (see http://openid.net/get/)
      Registrations, click Validate

  * Test run chef with:

    chef-client

LICENSE:

Chef - A configuration management system

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.