Bootstrap Chef Solo on Ubuntu

bootstrap_chef.bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash

export CHEF_DIR="${HOME}/cheftest"
rm -rf $CHEF_DIR/*
rm -rf $CHEF_DIR/.git*
mkdir -p "$CHEF_DIR"

sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev libopenssl-ruby rdoc ri irb build-essential wget ssl-cert git

cd /tmp
wget -c http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.7.2.tgz
tar zxf rubygems-1.7.2.tgz
cd rubygems-1.7.2
sudo ruby setup.rb --no-format-executable

if [[ ! (`command -v ohai` && `command -v chef-solo`) ]]; then
  sudo gem install chef ohai --no-ri --no-rdoc
fi

mkdir -p "$HOME/.chef"
cat <<EOF > $HOME/.chef/knife.rb
log_level                :debug
log_location             STDOUT
node_name                'cheftest'
cookbook_path [ '$CHEF_DIR/cookbooks', '$CHEF_DIR/site-cookbooks' ]
cookbook_copyright "Cheftest Inc."
EOF

cd $CHEF_DIR
git clone git://github.com/opscode/chef-repo.git .

cat <<EOF > $CHEF_DIR/config/solo.rb
file_cache_path "$CHEF_DIR"
cookbook_path "$CHEF_DIR/cookbooks"
roles_path "$CHEF_DIR/roles"
json_attribs "$CHEF_DIR/config/default.json"
EOF

cat <<EOF > $CHEF_DIR/config/default.json
{ "run_list": ["recipe[default]" ] }
EOF

knife cookbook create default

printf "
=== Edit recipe (optional) ===
vi $CHEF_DIR/cookbooks/default/recipes/default.rb
"

printf "
=== Run the following ===
sudo chef-solo -c $CHEF_DIR/config/solo.rb
"