Deploying a Chef Server

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BROWN BAG: Chef in

PRODUCTION

Hart Hoover @hhoover

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ENTERPRISE

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CHEF SOLO

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TOOLS!

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• Git/GitHub • Berkshelf• Vagrant• Vagrant Plugins• Test Kitchen• Foodcritic

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CHEF SeRVER ANATOMY

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NGINX

ErchefWebUI Bookshelf

SOLR PostgreSQL Cookbooks

MQ

API

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YOUR OWN CHEF SERVER

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INSTALL THE PACKAGE

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YOUR OWN CHEF SERVER

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USE RACKSPACE DEPLOYMENTS

(HEAT/CHECKMATE)

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YOUR OWN CHEF SERVER

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USE CHEF-SOLO TO DEPLOY CHEF-SERVER

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PACKAGES

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REQUIREMENTS

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OPERATING SYSTEM: !

UBUNTU 12.04 OR

CENTOS 6.3

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REQUIREMENTS

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FQDN

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UBUNTU 12.04

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OMNIBUS

curl  -­‐L  https://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh  |  sudo  bash

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UBUNTU 12.04

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IS THE CHEF SERVER RUNNING?

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MANAGING SERVICES

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$ chef-server-ctl

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Chef-Server-CTL

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$ chef-server-ctl [OPTION]

reconfigurehelp

restart [service]start [service]stop [service]

status [service]tail [service]test --all

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Chef-Server-CTL

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$ chef-server-ctl [OPTION]

reconfigurehelp

restart [service]start [service]stop [service]

status [service]tail [service]test --all

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Chef-Server-CTL

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$ chef-server-ctl [OPTION]

reconfigurehelp

restart [service]start [service]stop [service]

status [service]tail [service]test --all

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Chef-Server-CTL

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$ chef-server-ctl [OPTION]

reconfigurehelp

restart [service]start [service]stop [service]

status [service]tail [service]test --all

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Chef-Server-CTL

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$ chef-server-ctl [OPTION]

reconfigurehelp

restart [service]start [service]stop [service]

status [service]tail [service]test --all

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Chef-Server-CTL

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$ chef-server-ctl [OPTION]

reconfigurehelp

restart [service]start [service]stop [service]

status [service]tail [service]test --all

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Chef-Server-CTL

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$ chef-server-ctl [OPTION]

reconfigurehelp

restart [service]start [service]stop [service]

status [service]tail [service]test --all

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Chef-Server-CTL

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$ chef-server-ctl [OPTION]

reconfigurehelp

restart [service]start [service]stop [service]

status [service]tail [service]test --all

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START ALL THE THINGS

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$ chef-server-ctl reconfigure

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DEPLOYMENTS

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CHEF ON CHEF

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CHEF-SOLO METHOD

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https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/chef-server

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ATTRIBUTES

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api_fqdn

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ATTRIBUTES

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version

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BOOTSTRAP YOUR SERVER

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INSTALL CHEF SOLO

curl  -­‐L  https://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh  |  sudo  bash

(OMNIBUS… AGAIN)

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BOOTSTRAP YOUR SERVER

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CREATE DIRECTORIES

$ mkdir -p /var/chef/cache$ mkdir -p /var/chef/cookbooks/chef-server

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BOOTSTRAP YOUR SERVER

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GET THE COOKBOOK

$ wget -qO- https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/chef-server/archive/master.tar.gz | tar xvzC /var/chef/cookbooks/chef-server --strip-components=1

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BOOTSTRAP YOUR SERVER

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RUN CHEF-SOLO

$ chef-solo -o 'recipe[chef-server::default]'

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https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/chef-server

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Monitoring WITH

NEW RELIC

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INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING

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APPLICATION MONITORING

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PERFORMANCE MONITORING

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USE BERKSHELF!

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site :opscode!

cookbook ‘newrelic’

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ATTRIBUTES

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attributes/default.rb

default['newrelic']['server_monitoring']['license']  =  "CHANGE_ME"  default['newrelic']['application_monitoring']['license']  =  "CHANGE_ME"

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YOUR MONITORING RUN LIST:

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recipe[newrelic]

SET YOUR ATTRIBUTES!

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THANK YOU!