Private Chef Server Setup on RHEL7

• Following is the guide to install & configure Private chef server 12.17.X on RHEL7.X.
• Chef server is deployed and configured on the Google Cloud Platform
• Chef Server minimum system requirements are as follows:
  • 64-bit architecture
  • 4 total cores (physical or virtual)
  • 8 GB of RAM or more
  • 5 GB of free disk space in /opt
  • 5 GB of free disk space in /var

sudo yum update -y && sudo yum upgrade -y

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata

wget https://packages.chef.io/files/stable/chef-server/12.17.33/el/7/chef-server-core-12.17.33-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

sudo rpm -Uvh chef-server-core-12.17.33-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure

sudo chef-server-ctl install chef-manage
sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure
sudo chef-manage-ctl reconfigure --accept-license

sudo chef-server-ctl user-create USER_NAME FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME EMAIL 'PASSWORD' --filename FILE_NAME.pem

sudo chef-server-ctl org-create short_name 'full_organization_name' --association_user user_name --filename ORGANIZATION-validator.pem

sudo mkdir -p ~/.chef
sudo mv admin.pem skydevops-validator.pem ~/.chef

sudo vi /etc/hosts
    IP_ADDRESS chefserver.yebbare.com chefserver

https://FQDN
or
https://IP_ADDRESS
or
https://chefserver.yebbare.com