The chef
provisioner installs, configures and runs the Chef Client on a remote resource. The chef
provisioner supports both ssh
and winrm
type connections.
The chef
provisioner has some prerequisites for specific connection types:
ssh
type connections, cURL
must be available on the remote host. winrm
connections, PowerShell 2.0
must be available on the remote host. Without these prerequisites, your provisioning execution will fail.
resource "aws_instance" "web" { # ... provisioner "chef" { attributes_json = <<-EOF { "key": "value", "app": { "cluster1": { "nodes": [ "webserver1", "webserver2" ] } } } EOF environment = "_default" run_list = ["cookbook::recipe"] node_name = "webserver1" secret_key = "${file("../encrypted_data_bag_secret")}" server_url = "https://chef.company.com/organizations/org1" recreate_client = true user_name = "bork" user_key = "${file("../bork.pem")}" version = "12.4.1" # If you have a self signed cert on your chef server change this to :verify_none ssl_verify_mode = ":verify_peer" } }
The following arguments are supported:
attributes_json (string)
- (Optional) A raw JSON string with initial node attributes for the new node. These can also be loaded from a file on disk using the file()
interpolation function.
channel (string)
- (Optional) The Chef Client release channel to install from. If not set, the stable
channel will be used.
client_options (array)
- (Optional) A list of optional Chef Client configuration options. See the Chef Client documentation for all available options.
disable_reporting (boolean)
- (Optional) If true
the Chef Client will not try to send reporting data (used by Chef Reporting) to the Chef Server (defaults to false
).
environment (string)
- (Optional) The Chef environment the new node will be joining (defaults to _default
).
fetch_chef_certificates (boolean)
(Optional) If true
the SSL certificates configured on your Chef Server will be fetched and trusted. See the knife ssl_fetch documentation for more details.
log_to_file (boolean)
- (Optional) If true
, the output of the initial Chef Client run will be logged to a local file instead of the console. The file will be created in a subdirectory called logfiles
created in your current directory. The filename will be the node_name
of the new node.
use_policyfile (boolean)
- (Optional) If true
, use the policy files to bootstrap the node. Setting policy_group
and policy_name
are required if this is true
. (defaults to false
).
policy_group (string)
- (Optional) The name of a policy group that exists on the Chef server. Required if use_policyfile
is set; policy_name
must also be specified.
policy_name (string)
- (Optional) The name of a policy, as identified by the name
setting in a Policyfile.rb file. Required if use_policyfile
is set; policy_group
must also be specified.
http_proxy (string)
- (Optional) The proxy server for Chef Client HTTP connections.
https_proxy (string)
- (Optional) The proxy server for Chef Client HTTPS connections.
named_run_list (string)
- (Optional) The name of an alternate run-list to invoke during the initial Chef Client run. The run-list must already exist in the Policyfile that defines policy_name
. Only applies when use_policyfile
is true
.
no_proxy (array)
- (Optional) A list of URLs that should bypass the proxy.
node_name (string)
- (Required) The name of the node to register with the Chef Server.
ohai_hints (array)
- (Optional) A list with Ohai hints to upload to the node.
os_type (string)
- (Optional) The OS type of the node. Valid options are: linux
and windows
. If not supplied, the connection type will be used to determine the OS type (ssh
will assume linux
and winrm
will assume windows
).
prevent_sudo (boolean)
- (Optional) Prevent the use of the sudo
command while installing, configuring and running the initial Chef Client run. This option is only used with ssh
type connections.
recreate_client (boolean)
- (Optional) If true
, first delete any existing Chef Node and Client before registering the new Chef Client.
run_list (array)
- (Optional) A list with recipes that will be invoked during the initial Chef Client run. The run-list will also be saved to the Chef Server after a successful initial run. Required if use_policyfile
is false
; ignored when use_policyfile
is true
(see named_run_list
to specify a run-list defined in a Policyfile).
secret_key (string)
- (Optional) The contents of the secret key that is used by the Chef Client to decrypt data bags on the Chef Server. The key will be uploaded to the remote machine. This can also be loaded from a file on disk using the file()
interpolation function.
server_url (string)
- (Required) The URL to the Chef server. This includes the path to the organization. See the example.
skip_install (boolean)
- (Optional) Skip the installation of Chef Client on the remote machine. This assumes Chef Client is already installed when you run the chef
provisioner.
skip_register (boolean)
- (Optional) Skip the registration of Chef Client on the remote machine. This assumes Chef Client is already registered and the private key (client.pem
) is available in the default Chef configuration directory when you run the chef
provisioner.
ssl_verify_mode (string)
- (Optional) Used to set the verify mode for Chef Client HTTPS requests. The options are :verify_none
, or :verify_peer
which is default.
user_name (string)
- (Required) The name of an existing Chef user to register the new Chef Client and optionally configure Chef Vaults.
user_key (string)
- (Required) The contents of the user key that will be used to authenticate with the Chef Server. This can also be loaded from a file on disk using the file()
interpolation function.
vault_json (string)
- (Optional) A raw JSON string with Chef Vaults and Items to which the new node should have access. These can also be loaded from a file on disk using the file()
interpolation function.
version (string)
- (Optional) The Chef Client version to install on the remote machine. If not set, the latest available version will be installed.
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