Need help in on premise chef server, workstation and node setup

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1

Hi All,
Could please guide me to a reference link for setting up chef server(ubuntu
12.04), workstation(Win7) and node(2008r2) setup.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.

2

I am going to recommend you get chefDK (from opscode/chef) for your
workstation.
The server needs to happen first. Its fairly strait forward. Google will be
your friend here.
Onces it up, youll get obtaining some validation keys from it, youll need
them on your workstation, aswell as for the nodes.
Setting up a node is known as "bootstrapping" which should also help in
your googling.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:33 AM, koteswara rao Sakhamuri <
mail2sakhamuri@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,
Could please guide me to a reference link for setting up chef
server(ubuntu 12.04), workstation(Win7) and node(2008r2) setup.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.

--

Kenneth Barry
TuneIn | Build and Release Engineer
M: 409-673-0544

3

Hi Kenneth,

I have setup on premises server. I'm missing the validation keys from
/etc/chef-server/ I can see only a json file. How can I get client.pem and
1 more thing when I browser to http://:443. Its not showing the login
page instead its showing the chefapi page and wants me to redirect to
management console of opscode.

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.
On Nov 5, 2014 10:36 PM, "Kenneth Barry" kbarry@tunein.com wrote:

I am going to recommend you get chefDK (from opscode/chef) for your
workstation.
The server needs to happen first. Its fairly strait forward. Google will
be your friend here.
Onces it up, youll get obtaining some validation keys from it, youll need
them on your workstation, aswell as for the nodes.
Setting up a node is known as "bootstrapping" which should also help in
your googling.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:33 AM, koteswara rao Sakhamuri <
mail2sakhamuri@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,
Could please guide me to a reference link for setting up chef
server(ubuntu 12.04), workstation(Win7) and node(2008r2) setup.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.

--

Kenneth Barry
TuneIn | Build and Release Engineer
M: 409-673-0544
www.tunein.com

4

I didn't actually set ours up. But I believe the client.pem is obtained
when your generate a new user on the server (using the gui)

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:55 AM, koteswara rao Sakhamuri <
mail2sakhamuri@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Kenneth,

I have setup on premises server. I'm missing the validation keys from
/etc/chef-server/ I can see only a json file. How can I get client.pem and
1 more thing when I browser to http://:443. Its not showing the login
page instead its showing the chefapi page and wants me to redirect to
management console of opscode.

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.
On Nov 5, 2014 10:36 PM, "Kenneth Barry" kbarry@tunein.com wrote:

I am going to recommend you get chefDK (from opscode/chef) for your
workstation.
The server needs to happen first. Its fairly strait forward. Google will
be your friend here.
Onces it up, youll get obtaining some validation keys from it, youll need
them on your workstation, aswell as for the nodes.
Setting up a node is known as "bootstrapping" which should also help in
your googling.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:33 AM, koteswara rao Sakhamuri <
mail2sakhamuri@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,
Could please guide me to a reference link for setting up chef
server(ubuntu 12.04), workstation(Win7) and node(2008r2) setup.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.

--

Kenneth Barry
TuneIn | Build and Release Engineer
M: 409-673-0544
www.tunein.com

--

Kenneth Barry
TuneIn | Build and Release Engineer
M: 409-673-0544

5

Are you using Chef Server 12 or open-source server 11?

For windows ChefDK be sure to read yesterday's blog post on setting profile.

Cheers,

Peter

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Kenneth Barry kbarry@tunein.com wrote:

I didn't actually set ours up. But I believe the client.pem is obtained
when your generate a new user on the server (using the gui)

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:55 AM, koteswara rao Sakhamuri <
mail2sakhamuri@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Kenneth,

I have setup on premises server. I'm missing the validation keys from
/etc/chef-server/ I can see only a json file. How can I get client.pem and
1 more thing when I browser to http://:443. Its not showing the
login page instead its showing the chefapi page and wants me to redirect to
management console of opscode.

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.
On Nov 5, 2014 10:36 PM, "Kenneth Barry" kbarry@tunein.com wrote:

I am going to recommend you get chefDK (from opscode/chef) for your
workstation.
The server needs to happen first. Its fairly strait forward. Google will
be your friend here.
Onces it up, youll get obtaining some validation keys from it, youll
need them on your workstation, aswell as for the nodes.
Setting up a node is known as "bootstrapping" which should also help in
your googling.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:33 AM, koteswara rao Sakhamuri <
mail2sakhamuri@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,
Could please guide me to a reference link for setting up chef
server(ubuntu 12.04), workstation(Win7) and node(2008r2) setup.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.

--

Kenneth Barry
TuneIn | Build and Release Engineer
M: 409-673-0544
www.tunein.com

--

Kenneth Barry
TuneIn | Build and Release Engineer
M: 409-673-0544
www.tunein.com

6

It seems you're installing chef12, so best idea would be to follow This:

You'll found all the commands to create an organization and a validation
user.

Le 2014-11-05 19:55, koteswara rao Sakhamuri a écrit :

Hi Kenneth,

I have setup on premises server. I'm missing the validation keys from /etc/chef-server/ I can see only a json file. How can I get client.pem and 1 more thing when I browser to http://:443. Its not showing the login page instead its showing the chefapi page and wants me to redirect to management console of opscode.

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.
On Nov 5, 2014 10:36 PM, "Kenneth Barry" kbarry@tunein.com wrote:

I am going to recommend you get chefDK (from opscode/chef) for your workstation.
The server needs to happen first. Its fairly strait forward. Google will be your friend here.
Onces it up, youll get obtaining some validation keys from it, youll need them on your workstation, aswell as for the nodes.
Setting up a node is known as "bootstrapping" which should also help in your googling.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:33 AM, koteswara rao Sakhamuri mail2sakhamuri@gmail.com wrote:

Hi All,
Could please guide me to a reference link for setting up chef server(ubuntu 12.04), workstation(Win7) and node(2008r2) setup.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.

--

Kenneth Barry

TuneIn | Build and Release Engineer
M: 409-673-0544
www.tunein.com [1]

Links:

[1] http://www.tunein.com/

7

I have updated to open-source server 11. now i came across other issue,Im
getting the following error with knife user list
ERROR: OpenSSL::PKey::RSAError: private key needed.

i have downloaded the pem files from web GUI. have placed knife and pem
files(downloaded from webGUI).

I'm not able to find pem files at /etc/chef/ in chefserver. please guide
me, are these pem files different from the pem files downloaded from Web GUI

Regards,
Sakhamuri.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Tensibai tensibai@iabis.net wrote:

It seems you're installing chef12, so best idea would be to follow This:
Install the Chef Infra Server

You'll found all the commands to create an organization and a validation
user.

Le 2014-11-05 19:55, koteswara rao Sakhamuri a écrit :

Hi Kenneth,

I have setup on premises server. I'm missing the validation keys from
/etc/chef-server/ I can see only a json file. How can I get client.pem and
1 more thing when I browser to http://:443. Its not showing the login
page instead its showing the chefapi page and wants me to redirect to
management console of opscode.

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.
On Nov 5, 2014 10:36 PM, "Kenneth Barry" kbarry@tunein.com wrote:

I am going to recommend you get chefDK (from opscode/chef) for your
workstation.
The server needs to happen first. Its fairly strait forward. Google will
be your friend here.
Onces it up, youll get obtaining some validation keys from it, youll need
them on your workstation, aswell as for the nodes.
Setting up a node is known as "bootstrapping" which should also help in
your googling.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:33 AM, koteswara rao Sakhamuri <
mail2sakhamuri@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,
Could please guide me to a reference link for setting up chef
server(ubuntu 12.04), workstation(Win7) and node(2008r2) setup.

Regards,
Sakhamuri.

--

Kenneth Barry
TuneIn | Build and Release Engineer
M: 409-673-0544
www.tunein.com