chef_recipe.rb

include_recipe "sqlite"

node[:rails][:version] = "2.3.2"
include_recipe "rails"

gem_package "rake" do
  version "0.8.4"
end

execute "migrate-paparazzi" do
  command "cd /var/www/paparazzi && RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate 2>/dev/null && touch tmp/restart.txt"
  action :nothing
end

include_recipe "nginx"

template "#{node[:nginx_dir]}/sites-available/paparazzi" do
  source "paparazzi.nginx.erb"
  owner "root"
  group "root"
  mode 0644
  
  notifies :run, resources(:execute => "migrate-paparazzi")
end

nginx_site "paparazzi"

paparazzi.nginx.erb

server {
  listen   80;
  server_name  paparazzi.com www.paparazzi.com;

  access_log  <%= @node[:nginx_log_dir] %>/paparazzi.access.log;

  location / {
    root   /var/www/paparazzi/public;
    index  index.html index.htm;
  }
}

sample-nginx-app.rb

pool :application do
  instances 1..3
  keypair "auser-work"
  ami 'ami-7cfd1a15'  
  
  cloud :nginx do
    has_directory "/var/www"
    has_directory "/var/www/default"
    disable :haproxy
    
    has_git_repos "paparazzi" do
      at "/var/www"
      source "git://github.com/auser/paparazzi.git"
      owner "www-data"
    end
    
    chef do
      include_recipes "~/.poolparty/chef/cookbooks/*"
      
      recipe "/Users/alerner/.poolparty/chef_recipe.rb"
      templates "/Users/alerner/.poolparty/templates/"
    end    
    
  end

end