knife-vcair plug-in, custom distro example

centos.erb

bash -c '
<%= "export https_proxy=\"#{knife_config[bootstrap_proxy]}\"" if knife_config[:bootstrap_proxy] -%>

PACKAGE_URL="http://1.2.3.4/path-to-package-file/chef-11.16.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm"

if [ ! -f /usr/bin/chef-client ]; then
        curl -o /tmp/chef-client-package.rpm $PACKAGE_URL
        rpm -Uvh /tmp/chef-client-package.rpm
fi


mkdir -p /etc/chef

cat > /etc/chef/validation.pem <<'EOP'
<%= validation_key %>
EOP
chmod 0600 /etc/chef/validation.pem

<% if encrypted_data_bag_secret -%>
cat > /etc/chef/encrypted_data_bag_secret <<'EOP'
<%= encrypted_data_bag_secret %>
EOP
chmod 0600 /etc/chef/encrypted_data_bag_secret
<% end -%>

<%# Generate OHai Hints -%>
<% unless @chef_config[:knife][:hints].nil? || @chef_config[:knife][:hints].empty? -%>
mkdir -p /etc/chef/ohai/hints

<% @chef_config[:knife][:hints].each do |name, hash| -%>
cat > /etc/chef/ohai/hints/<%= name %>.json <<'EOP'
<%= hash.to_json %>
EOP
<% end -%>
<% end -%>

cat > /etc/chef/client.rb <<'EOP'
<%= config_content %>
EOP

cat > /etc/chef/first-boot.json <<'EOP'
<%= first_boot.to_json %>
EOP

<%= start_chef %>'

This is a custom distribution or distro file for the CentOS image in the VMware vCloud Air image library. You could use this file if you are prevented from downloading and bootstrapping the Chef client from the Internet. This script assumes that you have downloaded and published the chef-client package for CentOS onto a web server within your vCloud Air vDC. You can download the package for CentOS at https://www.getchef.com/download-chef-client/. Before this will work, you need to add a reference to this distro in you knife.rb file. You can do this by appending knife[:distro] = "centos" to your knife.rb file. Once that's complete, place this file [centos.erb] in same directory as the chef-full.erb file. If you're unsure where chef-full is on your file system, you can search for it by using "find / -name chef-full.erb". When you're ready to provision a new instance of CentOS using Chef, use the knife vcair server create command.