How to deploy chef cookbooks without chef server? – Answer is – Chef Solo
What is Chef Solo?
chef-solo is a command that executes Chef Infra Client in a way that does not require the Chef Infra Server to converge cookbooks. chef-solo uses Chef Infra Client’s Chef local mode, and does not support the following functionality present in Chef Infra Client / server configurations:
Centralized distribution of cookbooks
A centralized API that interacts with and integrates infrastructure components
Authentication or authorization
How Chef solo Works?
chef-solo supports two locations from which cookbooks can be run:
- A local directory.
- A URL at which a tar.gz archive is located.
Before running Chef-Solo on the local machine, one needs to install the following two files on the local machine.
- Solo.rb − This file tells Chef about where to find cookbooks, roles, and data bags.
- Node.json − This file sets the run list and any node-specific attribute, if required.
A small chef-solo example
Reference
- https://docs.chef.io/chef_solo/
- https://www.devopsschool.com/blog/difference-between-chef-infra-server-vs-chef-zero-vs-chef-solo/
- https://docs.chef.io/ctl_chef_solo/
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