Sample Chef role description for a LAMP web server.

webserver.rb

name "webserver"
description "Web server role"
all_env = [ 
  "role[base]",
  "recipe[php]",
  "recipe[php::module_mysql]",
  "recipe[apache2]",
  "recipe[apache2::mod_php5]",
  "recipe[apache2::mod_rewrite]",
]

run_list(all_env)

env_run_lists(
  "_default" => all_env, 
  "prod" => all_env,
  #"dev" => all_env + ["recipe[php::module_xdebug]"],
  "dev" => all_env,
)