Question

How do I install chef on Ubuntu?

Answer 1

Hey @Yamini, follow these steps to install chef on ubuntu:

Update repositories

$ sudo apt-get update

Change your hostname

$ hostname 'chef.yourdomain.com'

set up NTP

$ apt install ntp
$ systemctl start ntp
$ systemctl enable ntp
$ ntpq -p

Download and install chef

$ wget https://packages.chef.io/files/stable/chef-server/12.15.8/ubuntu/16.04/chef-server-core_12.15.8-1_amd64.deb

$ dpkg -i chef-server-*.deb

Configure chef

$ chef-server-ctl reconfigure

Check chef status

$ chef-server-ctl status

Install web-management console

$ chef-server-ctl install chef-manage
$ chef-server-ctl reconfigure

$ chef-manage-ctl reconfigure

$ chef-manage-ctl reconfigure --accept-license

Create a directory for holding all the keys

$ mkdir ~/.chef

Create new admin by executing the following command

$ chef-server-ctl user-create admin Chef Administrator chef@yourdomain.com StrongPassword -f ~/.chef/admin.pem

Create a new organization using the following command

$ chef-server-ctl org-create my_org 'My Organization' --association_user admin -f ~/.chef/my_org.pem

Access web-console

http://Your-Server-IP