Deploy using chef-solo

deploy.sh

# Run command(s) over SSH
run() {
  ssh deploy@${HOST} -t $* || exit 1
}

# Transfer all the specified files/directories to working directory
upload() {
  tar czf - $* | ssh deploy@${HOST} tar xzf - -C /etc/chef || exit 1
}


# solo.rb tells chef-solo where to find cookbooks, roles and data bags and.
cat > /tmp/solo.rb <<-RB
file_cache_path "/tmp/chef"
cookbook_path   "/etc/chef/cookbooks"
role_path       "/etc/chef/roles"
data_bag_path   "/etc/chef/data_bags"
log_level :info
RB

cat > /tmp/chef.json <<-JSON
{ "instance_role": "my_app",
  "run_list": ["role[my_app]"]
}
JSON


echo Creating working directory ...
run sudo rm -rf /etc/chef \;\
 sudo mkdir -p /etc/chef \;\
 sudo chown deploy:deploy /etc/chef \;\
 sudo rm -rf /tmp/chef \;\
 mkdir -p /tmp/chef

echo Uploading cookbooks and related files ...
cd /tmp ; upload chef.json solo.rb
cd -    ; upload cookbooks data_bags roles

echo Running Chef solo ...
run sudo /usr/bin/chef-solo -c /etc/chef/solo.rb -j /etc/chef/chef.json


growlnotify -t Chef -m "Deployed to ${HOST}"

A really useful one. Thanks!