Rake::RemoteChef
Rake::RemoteChef can run chef-solo on remote host using local Rake.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'rake-remote_chef'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install rake-remote_chef
Usage
$ rake chef:bootstrap # first time only. (Install chef-solo on remote host.)
$ rake chef:solo
Setup
Create a config file, usually in 'config/chef.rb'
set :application, "SetupServers"
set :user, 'ubuntu'
# Setup roles for Hosts
# 'role' means Rake::RemoteTask role. (not Chef.)
role :role1, "#{user}@host1.example.com"
role :role2, "#{user}@host2.example.com"
# Setup run_list for roles
run_list :role1, ['recipe[apache]', 'recipe[monit]']
run_list :role2, ['recipe[ruby]', 'recipe[thin]', 'recipe[my_app]']
Create attributes file, usually in 'config/attributes/default.yml.erb' and 'config/attributes/#role_name.yml.erb'.
default.yml.erb is used from all roles for default attributes.
host: <%= target_host.split('@').last %>
env:
http_proxy: 'http://proxy.host:port'
https_proxy: 'https://proxy.host:port'
no_proxy: '192.168.*.*'
nats_server:
host: <%= all_roles[:nats_server].keys.first.split('@').last %>
port: 4222
user: nats
password: nats
'config/attributes/#role_name.yml.erb' contains role specific attributes.
router:
index: <%= index_of_role(:router) %>
apache:
dir: '/etc/apache2'
log_dir: '/var/log/apache2'
Add the folloing to your Rakefile:
require 'rake/remote_chef'
Rake::RemoteChef.load
Set up Chef Repository
usually in './chef-repo' directory.
chef-repo/
cookbooks/
data_bags/
roles/
chef-repo directory contains cookbooks, data_bags and roles direcotry.
Bootstrap for chef-solo on remote host
Run rake chef:bootstrap
install chef to your remote host.
Execute chef-solo
Run rake chef:solo
execute chef-solo on your remote host.
Contributing
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature
) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Added some feature'
) - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature
) - Create new Pull Request