This cookbook is designed to set up a development workstation or virtual machine in one step, using chef-zero. This isn't necessarily something you would use on a day-to-day basis (see: test kitchen, chef server, etc.).
- Debian 8.5
- MacOS X 10.11
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christopherdeutsch/devbox/master/bootstrap.sh && chmod +x bootstrap.sh && su root -c ./bootstrap.sh
A lot of the examples out on the 'net for setting up a workstation
using chef are old, and rely on using chef-solo instead of chef-zero.
Others are unnecessarily complex; for example, they require adding a workstation as an actual chef node, which is overkill if the node isn't actually going to be managed.
I wanted to create something I could just check out from github and run with a single command, which would install some stuff I needed in a repeatable and testable manner.
It also allows me to maintain this as a real cookbook with no special magic that would prevent regular chef runs, or tools, from working.
Quick rundown:
- Uses the chefzero_simple gem to enable running chef-zero locally with minimal hassle
- Provides a
bootstrap.shshell script to download/install/run everything - Provides a
zero.jsonfile with the devbox cookbook runlist
Author:: Christopher Deutsch (chef@ispeakdeutsch.com) License:: BSD