Install knife-solo
gem install knife-solo
gem install knife-ec2
knife configure -r . --defaults
Create repo
knife kitchen <this_repo>
Create cookbooks
cd <this_repo>
knife cookbook create apt -o cookbooks
knife cookbook create build-essential -o cookbooks
knife cookbook create rvm -o cookbooks
Configure node
nano nodes/192.184.200.1.json
{ "run_list": ["recipe[rvm::ruby_192]"] }
Start EC2 instance, enable ssh and get its public IP and key pair (knife.pem)
knife prepare -i ~/.chef/knife.pem [email protected]
Setup EC2 instance
knife cook -i ~/.chef/knife.pem [email protected]