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Setup Chef server

  • Make sure the server is configured with an appropriate hostname that resolves to itself (add hosts entry if needed)
  • Download and install Chef server package from: http://downloads.chef.io/chef-server/
  • chef-server-ctl reconfigure
  • chef-server-ctl user-create admin Chef Administrator [email protected] <password> --filename /tmp/admin.pem
  • chef-server-ctl org-create <org-short-name> "<org-full-name>" --association_user admin --filename /tmp/validator.pem
  • Use OpenSSL to generate a new cert and key and update: /var/opt/opscode/nginx/ca/<fqdn>.key, /var/opt/opscode/nginx/ca/<fqdn>.crt. Restart services (nginx) with: chef-server-ctl restart

Cleanup and re-initiate a bad install

  • chef-server-ctl cleanse
  • chef-server-ctl reconfigure
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