notes.txt

notes:


step 0 - install ChefDK

step 1 - setup AWS
  generate keypair
  populate ~/.aws/config
  place aws key .pem file under .chef/keys in your chef repo

step 2 - test aws connectivity
  easiest way is with knife ec2 plugin
  chef gem install knife-ec2
  modify .chef/knife.rb with same keypair as in ~/.aws/config

  example:
    knife[:aws_access_key_id] = 'xxxxxxxxxx'
    knife[:aws_secret_access_key] = 'yyyyyyy'
    knife[:region] = 'us-west-2'

  execute successfully:
    knife ec2 server list

step 3 - use the repo to play with chef-provisioning.

  create infrastructure:
    chef-client -r 'recipe[webserver::provision]' -z

  remove infrastructure:
    chef-client -r 'recipe[webserver::deprovision]' -z

step 4 - uncomment various portions of the code and see what it does.