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# Chef Solo Provisioner
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Type: `chef-solo`
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The Chef solo provisioner installs and configures software on machines built
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by Packer using [chef-solo](http://docs.opscode.com/chef_solo.html). Cookbooks
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can be uploaded from your local machine to the remote machine or remote paths
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can be used.
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The provisioner will even install Chef onto your machine if it isn't already
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installed, using the official Chef installers provided by Opscode.
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## Basic Example
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The example below is fully functional and expects cookbooks in the
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"cookbooks" directory relative to your working directory.
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<pre class="prettyprint">
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{
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"type": "chef-solo",
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"cookbook_paths": ["cookbooks"]
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}
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</pre>
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## Configuration Reference
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The reference of available configuration options is listed below. No
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configuration is actually required, but at least `run_list` is recommended.
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* `cookbook_paths` (array of strings) - This is an array of paths to
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"cookbooks" directories on your local filesystem. These will be uploaded
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to the remote machine in the directory specified by the `staging_directory`.
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By default, this is empty.
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* `execute_command` (string) - The command used to execute Chef. This has
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various [configuration template variables](/docs/templates/configuration-templates.html)
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available. See below for more information.
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* `install_command` (string) - The command used to install Chef. This has
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various [configuration template variables](/docs/templates/configuration-templates.html)
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available. See below for more information.
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* `remote_cookbook_paths` (array of string) - A list of paths on the remote
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machine where cookbooks will already exist. These may exist from a previous
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provisioner or step. If specified, Chef will be configured to look for
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cookbooks here. By default, this is empty.
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* `json` (object) - An arbitrary mapping of JSON that will be available as
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node attributes while running Chef.
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* `prevent_sudo` (boolean) - By default, the configured commands that are
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executed to install and run Chef are executed with `sudo`. If this is true,
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then the sudo will be omitted.
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* `run_list` (array of strings) - The [run list](http://docs.opscode.com/essentials_node_object_run_lists.html)
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for Chef. By default this is empty.
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* `skip_install` (boolean) - If true, Chef will not automatically be installed
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on the machine using the Opscode omnibus installers.
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* `staging_directory` (string) - This is the directory where all the configuration
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of Chef by Packer will be placed. By default this is "/tmp/packer-chef-solo".
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This directory doesn't need to exist but must have proper permissions so that
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the SSH user that Packer uses is able to create directories and write into
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this folder. If the permissions are not correct, use a shell provisioner
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prior to this to configure it properly.
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## Execute Command
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By default, Packer uses the following command (broken across multiple lines
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for readability) to execute Chef:
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```
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{{if .Sudo}sudo {{end}}chef-solo \
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--no-color \
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-c {{.ConfigPath}} \
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-j {{.JsonPath}}
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```
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This command can be customized using the `execute_command` configuration.
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As you can see from the default value above, the value of this configuration
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can contain various template variables, defined below:
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* `ConfigPath` - The path to the Chef configuration file.
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* `JsonPath` - The path to the JSON attributes file for the node.
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* `Sudo` - A boolean of whether to `sudo` the command or not, depending on
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the value of the `prevent_sudo` configuration.
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## Install Command
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By default, Packer uses the following command (broken across multiple lines
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for readability) to install Chef. This command can be customized if you want
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to install Chef in another way.
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```
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curl -L https://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh | \
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{{if .Sudo}}sudo{{end}} bash
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```
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This command can be customized using the `install_command` configuration.
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