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Chef Server Populator

Creates admin clients and installs provided public key. Simplifies managing and
recreating erchef nodes.

Usage

When bootstrapping with the chef-server cookbook and chef-solo:

• Download and unpack chef-server and chef-server-populator cookbooks
• Upload public keys to be used by clients
• Create json to add client and key information
• Run chef-solo

When converging with chef-client:

• Create data bag to hold data bag item with client information
• Create data bag item with client information
• Set data bag related attributes

Applicable attributes:

• node[:chef_server_populator][:databag] - name of the data bag

Structure of the data bag item:

{
  "id": "client_name",
  "chef_server": {
    "client_key": "public key contents",
    "enabled": true
  }
}

Extras

Need to use the IP address of the node for a bit, or another name instead of
having node[:fqdn]?

• node[:chef_server_populator][:servername_override]

Keep chef server configured via chef client:

• node[:chef_server_populator][:chef_server]

If the hash is non-empty, it will write the chef-server dna.json and trigger a
reconfigure when ever the attributes are updated.

Examples

Take a look in the examples directory for a basic bootstrap template that will
build a new erchef server, using existing keys and client, and register itself.

Info

• Repository: https://github.com/hw-cookbooks/chef-server-populator
• IRC: Freenode @ #heavywater