InstallingChefServer

Installation of Chef Server on CentOS6 with install target as /apps directory.

Configure Postfix

Add to /etc/postfix/main.cf:

relayhost = mail.invadelabs.org

Enable, start, test

sudo chkconfig postfix on
sudo service postfix start
echo "test message" | mailx -s test [email protected]

Install Chef

Work around to install in another directory

sudo ln -s /apps/opt/opscode/ /opt/opscode
cd /apps
wget https://packages.chef.io/stable/el/6/chef-server-core-12.8.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh --prefix /apps chef-server-core-12.8.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Configure Chef Server

Set configuration

[root@chef private]# cat /etc/opscode/chef-server.rb
api_fqdn "chef.invadelabs.com"
nginx['ssl_certificate'] = "/etc/pki/tls/private/chef.invadelabs.com.pem"
nginx['ssl_certificate_key'] = "/etc/pki/tls/private/chef.invadelabs.com.nopassphrase.key"
nginx['ssl_ciphers'] = "HIGH:MEDIUM:!LOW:!kEDH:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:!SSLv2:!SEED:!CAMELLIA:!PSK"
nginx['ssl_protocols'] = "TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2"

Reconfigure Chef Server with our keys

sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure

Configure First User

chef-server-ctl user-create drewholt Drew Holt [email protected] 'myawesomepassword' --filename drewholt.pem

Install Chef Manage

cd /apps
wget https://packages.chef.io/stable/el/6/chef-manage-2.4.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh --prefix /apps chef-manage-2.4.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure
sudo chef-manage-ctl reconfigure

Install OpsCode Reporting

cd /apps
wget https://packages.chef.io/stable/el/6/opscode-reporting-1.6.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh --prefix /apps opscode-reporting-1.6.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
sudo ln -s /apps/opt/chef-manage /opt/chef-manage
sudo ln -s /apps/opt/opscode-reporting /opt/opscode-reporting

Create First Chef org

chef-server-ctl org-create short_name 'full_organization_name' --association_user user_name --filename ORGANIZATION-validator.pem

Backup and Restore Chef Server

Backup

sudo chef-server-ctl backup

Restore

sudo chef-server-ctl restore -c -d /apps/tmp chef-backup-2016-10-14-17-30-38.tgz