Requirement:

intel 64 bit installation of Ubuntu 14.04 with 4GB RAM

Installation Steps:

  1. wget https://web-dl.packagecloud.io/chef/stable/packages/ubuntu/trusty/chef-server-core_12.0.8-1_amd64.deb
  2. sudo dpkg -i chef-server-core_*.deb
  3. sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure

Configuration Steps:

1. sudo chef-server-ctl user-create username firstname lastname email password –filename ~/.chef/username.pem

As Example:

sudo chef-server-ctl user-create steve steve sullivan steve@study9.com stevepassword –filename ~/.chef/steve.pem

 

2. sudo chef-server-ctl org-create shortname fullname –association_user username –filename ~/.chef/shortname.pem

As Example:

sudo chef-server-ctl org-create study9 Study9 –association_user steve –filename ~/.chef/study9.pem

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