Dockerfile

FROM centos

RUN curl -L http://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh | bash
ADD ./chef-repo /root/chef-repo
RUN cd /root/chef-repo; chef-solo -c solo.rb -j ./nodes/localhost.json

localhost.json

{
    "run_list" : [
        "recipe[yum::epel]",
        "recipe[nginx]"
    ]
}

solo.rb

file_cache_path "/tmp/chef-solo"
cookbook_path ["/root/chef-repo/cookbooks", "/root/chef-repo/site-cookbooks"]