To run khanakhazana,

git clone http://github.com/fungibleclouds/khanakhazana.git	
cd khanakhazana

Get needed submodules

git submodule init
git submodule update

Fire up vagrant VM

vagrant up

Fire up vagrant without provisioining (so as to run chef-solo manually if needed)

vagrant up --no-provision
vagrant ssh
sudo chef-solo -c /vagrant/solo.rb -j /vagrant/node.json

Note: /vagrant maps back to the host location khanakhazana from where it picks up solo.rb and node.json

READINGS

• http://vagrantup.com/v1/docs/provisioners/chef_solo.html
• http://vagrantup.com/v1/docs/troubleshooting.html

I added these submodules inside cookbooks folder:

git submodule add https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/apt.git cookbooks/apt
git submodule add https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/build-essential.git cookbooks/build-essential
git submodule add https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/openssl.git cookbooks/openssl
git submodule add https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/mysql.git cookbooks/mysql