This repository is a working example and template that can be used to bootstrap a server and deploy a basic rails applicaiton using chef and capistrano

This was developed for a talk Cooking with Chef

Dependencies

• VirtualBox
• Vagrant
• Ruby >= 1.9.3
• Bundler Gem
• Git

Quick Start

1. Clone Repo. git clone https://github.com/danshultz/chef-solo-rails
2. cd chef-solo-rails
3. bundle install
4. vagrant up
5. Add your a new user databag to chef/data_bags/users like dshultz.json
6. Edit chef/cookbooks/baseline/recipes/default.rb to include your ssh key for the deploy user
7. cap chef deploy:cold AS=vagrant (password is vagrant) ***

*** This is required the first time a "deploy" is executed, each subsequent provision can simply use cap chef deploy

Deploying a Rails Application after configuring with Chef

1. Make sure to update the rails configuration details in config/deploy/dev.rb
2. run cap chef deploy to make sure the updated rails app configurations are in place if you haven't done so
3. Update any necessary configurations in config/recipes/application.rb for your rails app
4. run cap app deploy:cold to deploy your application for the first time
5. Review your deployed application at http://192.168.24.100