configure-chef

Configure Chef

In order to configure chef workstation, follow the below steps :

• 1.Download Chef Starter Kit
  
  • Get the Chef Server IP from DevOps Management console and launch chef from browser.

    

    Chef Server Details
  • Sign up with Chef and fill all the mandatory fields.

    

    Sign up Chef
  • Click on “Create New Organization” to create an organization.

    

    Create new organization
  • Provide Organization “Full Name” and “Short Name”.

    

    Fill Organization details
  • Click on “Create Organization” .
  • Once the organization has been created, click on “Download Starter Kit” .

    

    Download Starter Kit
• 2.Setup Chef Workstation
  
  • Install Chef Development Kit on your workstation.
  • Extract the chef starter kit (downloaded in step 1) and place it on chef workstation.
  • Fetch the chef server certificate on to the workstation by running the below command from /chef-repo/ directory extracted in last step.
    knife ssl fetch