Using mixlibshellout and powershellout to execute windows tools and scripts as a domain user. The actual command that is run by the default bootstrap script is. If you were willing to install an ssh server on windows, you could get most of these tools to work but if you wanted to stay native. Suppose if we want to update etchosts file on all our machines. Make sure to change the ip and the hostname chefserv to reflect your values. Instead of downloading a full multi gigabyte windows iso, you could choose the exevhd download option.
Chef is based in seattle, with regional offices in berlin, london, and san francisco. In my last post i covered the basic concepts in chef. Occasionally my chef runs will fail part way through because an application install requires a reboot. Its main reason for existance is to automate your infrastructure. This resource is supported for use on the microsoft windows, macos, and linux platforms. Provides a set of useful windows specific primitives. May 03, 20 nordstrom has been using chef to automate windows environments. Spin up the windows cloud server we are bootstrapping later.
Dec, 2012 the chef repo contains cookbooks both those you download and those you create yourself. Wherever you are in your migration efforts for windows server 2008 r2, chef can help you get there faster and improve longterm manageability of the applications. This is typically done during the installation of chef infra client automatically. For example, you download the knife command as part of the chef workstation, but you run knife commands from. Extended support for windows server 2008 r2 ended on january 14, 2020. Getting started with opscode chef on windows, part 2 by john bennett.
A microsoft installer package msi is available for installing chef infra client on a microsoft windows machine from chef downloads. If you use git, you get started by cloning that repo. Automating openstack installations of opscode chef server and. The preceding commands download the opscode omnibus installer for the chef server and then execute the package. After chef infra client is installed, it is located at c. The windows cookbook provided by opscode the company behind chef provides a. Install the chefclient on microsoft windows chefclient. The windows cookbook is used to configure auto run, batch, reboot, enable. Install the chefclient on microsoft windows chefclient 12. The size of the latest setup package available is 67. A windows feature is an optional part of the operating system that you can download and includes things like iis. Registering windows 2008 server to opscode chef server. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.
Jan 31, 2017 chef is a configuration management tool developed by opscode. Install the chefclient on microsoft windows chefclient 11. Nov 08, 20 spin up the windows cloud server we are bootstrapping later. The chef infra server stores cookbooks, the policies that are applied to nodes, and metadata that describes each registered node that is managed by the chef infra client. Using chef allows us to add new servers confidently and quickly. It is often set up to run as a servicedaemon, periodically asking a chef server for updates and then taking action accordingly. By using the knife windows plugin to bootstrap the chefclient. Provides a set of useful windowsspecific primitives.
The company was founded as opscode in 2008 by current chief technology officer adam jacob, jesse robbins, barry steinglass, and nathan haneysmith. As i briefly noted above, you can download evaluation copies of windows server 2016. Chef server a centralized server app that stores all the various files and distributes them to the machines being managed knife a command line tool used to control chef server. Getting started with opscode chef on windows, part 1. Oct 24, 2011 tweet share post opscode has brought its cloudconfigurationmanagement technology, chef, to microsoft s msft windows environments. The cw powershell makes new commands available, such as chefrun and chef cli commands such as chef. Chef client the agent that runs on the machines being managed. Visit the chef workstation downloads page and select the appropriate package for your macos version. Well just copy to the wellknown chef default location on windows c. Tweet share post opscode has brought its cloudconfigurationmanagement technology, chef, to microsoft s msft windows environments. Getting started with opscode chef on windows, part 2. Registering windows 2008 server to opscode chef server youtube.
Opscode chef cookbook for tomcat7 linux script install. The windows cookbook is used to configure auto run, batch, reboot, enable builtin operating system packages, configure microsoft windows packages, reboot machines, and more. Chef has a chef server, workstation and a chef client. Running chef with the chef client installed, its easiest to work with chef when its on your path. Adam jacob, cofounder of opscode is known as the founder of chef. Normally this really is not a problem, but it is if you are working in a macintoshdominated environment and they have been using opscode chef, vagrant and virtualbox to bundle up development environments into boxes. The chefclient can be installed on machines running microsoft windows in the following ways. The windows cookbook provided by opscode the company behind chef provides a lot of great windows specific resources.
Apr 30, 2017 before learning about what is chef, we should know what is a configuration management tool. Chef is used in infrastructure automation and helps in reducing manual and. These bare bone images have both the chef client and the chefservice installed. The original reason that i was looking into this having chef work through a reboot was that as part of installing sharepoint, i had to set a windows registry key, and i thought that i had to reboot to make that registry change effective for the rest of the install process. If your opscode paths are not in the correct order, problems will result.
Place an explicit dependency on this cookbook using depends in the cookbooks metadata. When chef infra client runs, it will bring the node into the expected state and prevent configuration drift. Chef workstation gives you everything you need to get started with chef infra and chef inspec ad hoc remote execution, remote scanning, configuration tasks, cookbook creation tools as well as robust dependency and testing software all in one easytoinstall package. Using chef on windows is easier than you think postmark. This free program is an intellectual property of opscode, inc. Konfigurationsmanagement mit opscode chef slideshare. This can be done either login to all the machines through. Also note that there are only two lines in the file depending on you screen resolution the first line might wrap with the first line containing the two netsh. Chef is a configuration management tool developed by opscode. Finally, we move our chef server certificate files into a known location for use later. Some of the program aliases include opscode chef client installer for windows. Setting this to windows will cause the provisioner to use windows friendly paths. A configuration management tool is a software which configure systems programatically using some predefined set of configurations. Shell shell local windows shell windows restart custom communitysupported.
Read the modernizing legacy applications for the digital age whitepaper. This technology uses ruby encoding to develop basic building blocks like recipe and cookbooks. Chef blog it automation for everything from configuration. Stepbystep walkthrough to using chef to bootstrap windows. Make sure to change the ip and the hostname chef serv to reflect your values. The chef infra server acts as a hub for configuration data. Come by this talk to get some tips and tricks for managing your windowsbased environment with chef. Automating installations of opscode chef server and chef. Peering into the future of windows automation testing with. Before learning about what is chef, we should know what is a configuration management tool.
The chefclient has specific components that are designed to support unique aspects of the microsoft windows platform, including windows powershell, internet information services. The chef effortless infrastructure suite offers visibility into security and compliance status across all infrastructure and makes it easy to detect and correct issues long before they reach production. Come by this talk to get some tips and tricks for managing your windows based environment with chef. Provides a set of windows specific resources to aid in the creation of cookbooksrecipes targeting the windows platform. It will help you bring your application to life, including all the dependencies like web and app servers, load balancers, dns, ntp, just to name a few. Chef is an open source technology developed by opscode. Ausfuhren eines sauberen neustarts in windows microsoft support. A place for useful blog and posts about chef, inspec, and habitat. Nach dem neustart des computers haben sie wieder eine saubere boot umgebung. Quickstart configure a windows virtual machine in azure. Nordstrom has been using chef to automate windows environments.
Setting up open source chef server, workstation and. The full syntax for all of the properties that are available to the. Net frameworks and many other important components for. Enabling the coded enterprise through infrastructure. Visit the chef workstation downloads page and select the appropriate package for your windows version. Opscode chef cookbook for tomcat7 i would like to contract a chef professional to customize the existing community tomcat cookbook for the apache tomcat 7 release. Chef inspec is an infrastructure security and compliance testing framework. Opscode has a hosted version of chef server, which basically offers free configuration management up to 5 nodes. Quickstart configure a windows virtual machine in azure using chef. Rebooting a node during a chef run and continuing after. Getting started with opscode chef on windows, part 2 john. Is there anyway to trigger a reboot either between recipes in a run list or during an actual recipe and then continue the chef run without manual intervention.
Is there a way for a chef recipe to continue after a reboot. This post should get you up and running with chef so you can start learning. Follow the steps to accept the license and install chef workstation. Chef is an outstanding ruby based configuration management system. These bare bone images have both the chefclient and the chefservice installed. Windows cookbook improvements, including printer lwrp diskpart cookbook. Chef supplied resources available to customers still running windows server 2008 r2 include. Chef infra client can be installed using this method. Windows 7 eol windows server 2008 r2 eol windows 8, 8. I found a way to avoid the popup, by adding an appcompat key in the windows registry, but if i use regedit to add the key during the chef run, i have to get chef to reboot the machine and then to continue with the rest of the installation afterwards. Chef infra client is an agent that runs locally on every node that is under management by chef infra.
The book is a worthwhile investment for anyone considering chef softwares chef product for automating their windows infrastructure. How to restart a windows vm using chef stack overflow. On microsoft windows, chef infra client must have two entries added to the path environment variable. Chef client will be installed in every node which is added to the chef server.
Next, we use the chefserverctl command to perform the initial configuration of the chef server and to test our installation. This will download an exe file that will extract a premade vhd. The chefclient packer provisioner installs and configures software on. Chef lets users create recipes for configuring and managing infrastructure in an automated and scalable manner, which has made it popular for a variety of complex use cases such as cloud computing and scaleout clusters. Opscode provides a git repo containing the basic file structure. Provides a set of windowsspecific resources to aid in the creation of cookbooksrecipes targeting the windows platform. The reboot resource has the following actionscancel cancel a reboot requestnothing this resource block does not act unless notified by another resource to take action.
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