Chef Zero Cookbook

A cookbook for managing Chef Zero installation (as a service).

Recent version of Chef include Chef Zero, but this cookbook provides more flexibility and control over the version and allows you to start Chef Zero as a system service.

Installation

Add chef-zero to your Berksfile:

cookbook 'chef-zero', '~> 1.0'

Or you can install it directly with knife:

$ knife cookbook site install chef-zero

Usage

Add the cookbook to your run_list in a node or role:

"run_list": [
  "recipe[chef-zero::default]"
]

Or include it in a recipe:

# other_cookbook/metadata.rb
# ...
depends 'chef-zero'

# other_cookbook/recipes/default.rb
# ...
include_recipe 'chef-zero::default'

Attributes

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td>version</td>
<td>version of the chef-zero gem to install</td>
<td><tt>1.3</tt></td>
<td><tt>1.4</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>install</td>
<td>install the chef-zero gem</td>
<td><tt>false</tt></td>
<td><tt>false</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>start</td>
<td>start chef-zero as a system service</td>
<td><tt>false</tt></td>
<td><tt>false</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>daemon</td>
<td>name of the daemon</td>
<td><tt>fake-chef</tt></td>
<td><tt>chef-zero</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>host</td>
<td>the host to listen on</td>
<td><tt>192.168.4.4</tt></td>
<td><tt>0.0.0.0</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>listen</td>
<td>the port or socket to listen on</td>
<td><tt>/tmp/chef-zero.sock</tt></td>
<td><tt>80</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>generate_real_keys</td>
<td>generate real keys</td>
<td><tt>false</tt></td>
<td><tt>false</tt></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

License & Authors

• Author:: Seth Vargo (sethvargo@gmail.com)

Copyright 2013 Seth Vargo <sethvargo@gmail.com>
Copyright 2013 Opscode, Inc

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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