AWS Chef Bootstrap

bootstrap.sh

#!/bin/bash -xe


#update packages
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install tmux
sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1-full ruby1.9.1-dev rubygems1.9.1


sudo apt-get install git


cd ~
wget https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/12.04/x86_64/chef-server_11.0.11-1.ubuntu.12.04_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i chef-server*
sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure
 
# Create .chef dir 
mkdir -p /home/ubuntu/.chef
sudo cp /etc/chef/validation.pem /etc/chef/webui.pem /home/ubuntu/.chef
chown -R ubuntu /home/ubuntu/.chef
 
# Install berkshelf
#gem install berkshelf

Also: you never install berkshelf or any of that on the server. That's all clientside stuff to be used with knife.