how to run chef-solo

gistfile1.sh

sudo mkdir /etc/chef/

# put cookbooks, roles and data bags in the directories shown below, feel free to change them to whatever works best for you.

cat > /etc/chef/solo.rb <<END
file_cache_path "/var/chef-solo"
cookbook_path "/var/chef-solo/cookbooks"
role_path "/var/chef-solo/roles"
data_bag_path "/var/chef-solo/data_bags"
END

# build your run list like so

cat > ~/node.json <<END
{
  "run_list": [ "role[my_role]", "recipe[blah]" ]
}
END


# run chef solo like this

chef-solo -j ~/node.json