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.TH "CHAKE\-CHEF" "7" "December 2023" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBchake\-chef\fR \- configure chake nodes with chef\-solo
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This configuration manager will allow you to manage nodes by running \fBchef\-solo(1)\fR on each remote node\.
.P
When \fBchake init\fR runs, the following chef\-specific files will be created:
.P
A brief explanation of the created files that are specific to \fBchef\fR:
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\fBconfig\.rb\fR: contains the chef\-solo configuration\. You can modify it, but usually you won't need to\.
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\fBconfig/roles\fR: directory is where you can put your role definitions\.
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\fBcookbooks\fR: directory where you will store your cookbooks\. A sample cookbook called "basics" is created, but feel free to remove it and add actual cookbooks\.
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.SH "CONFIGURATION"
Nodes can be configured to be managed with chef by having a \fBrun_list\fR key in their configuration:
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.nf
host1\.mycompany\.com:
  run_list:
    \- role[server]
    \- recipe[service1]
  service1:
    option1: "here we go"
.fi
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.P
Any extra configuration under \fBhost1\.mycompany\.com\fR will be saved to a JSON file and given to the chef\-solo \-\-node\-json option in the command line\. For example, the above configuration will produce a JSON file that looks like this:
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.nf
{
  "run_list": [
    "role[server]",
    "recipe[service1]"
  ]
  ,
  "service1": {
    "option1": "here we go"
  }
}
.fi
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.P
Inside Chef recipes, you can access those values by using the \fBnode\fR object\. For example:
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.nf
template "/etc/service1\.conf\.d/option1\.conf" do
  variables option1: node["option1"]
end
.fi
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.SH "BOOTSTRAPPING"
The bootstrap process for \fIchef\fR involves getting chef\-solo installed\. The node hostname will also be set based on the hostname informed in the configuration file\.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBchake(1)\fR
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\fIhttps://docs\.chef\.io/\fR
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\fIhttps://docs\.chef\.io/chef_solo\.html\fR
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