Bootstrapping Chef on CentOS

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Get the EPEL repo.
#
rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
#
# Install Chef.
#
rpm -Uvh http://download.elff.bravenet.com/5/i386/elff-release-5-3.noarch.rpm
yum -y --disablerepo=rightscale-epel install chef
gem install chef
#
# Configure Chef to point to Opscode
#
cat > /etc/chef/client.rb <<EOF
log_level        :info
log_location     STDOUT
chef_server_url  "https://api.opscode.com/organizations/sidewinderlabs"
validation_client_name "sidewinderlabs-validator"
# Using default node name
EOF

#
# Add the Sidewinder Labs validation key.
#
cat > /etc/chef/validation.pem <<EOF
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
{insert key}
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
EOF