Percona mysql install problem with Chef on Linode – be aware!
###BAH!
Fresh Linode instance of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Super simple recipe ( stripped down for debugging ).
include_recipe "apt" include_recipe "ohai" include_recipe "mysql::percona_repo" include_recipe "mysql::server"
I tested installation numerous times with the same OS version with Vagrant with no problems, …
Provision and Bootstrap AWS instances with Chef
This is continuation of the previous post called Provision with Chef – baby steps. Today we going to talk about the process of bootstrapping instances with Chef used by FastCompany
At this point I assume that you already got chef repo setup and wondering how you could use it to configure your fresh instances. …
Mastering chef-solo: deploy to target machines and automatic run on boot
This post will cover some basics behind chef-solo and the way I use it to configure machines.
With recent changes to attributes introduced in Chef 11 chef-solo became even more useful for small infrastructures and testing cookbooks with Vagrant.
What
As you probably already know chef can function in two modes:
- chef client and server ( one server many clients ) – …
Secure data bag items with chef solo
How to generate encrypted data bag item with knife and chef-solo
This post is mostly a memo to myself, because I often forget how to how to create encrypted data bag items..
Here is the deal. We know how to generate regular data bag items with knife: knife data bag create DATA_BAG_NAME DATA_BAG_ITEM ( for those who didn’t know ). …