pkleanthous-zz / cm-installer

Simple bash script that installs Chef Client or Salt Minion on an instance

cm-installer

Simple bash script that installs Chef Client or Salt Minion on an instance

How to use it

The script needs 2 environment variables:

Env var	Supported values	Default
CM_PROVISIONER	saltminion OR chefclient	N/A
CM_VERSION	Any value as is defiend by the client	latest

Set the env. vars and run the script

Integrating the script with bento project

• Checkout bento project
• Copy the cminstaller.sh script at bento/_common/ path
• Open a packer configuration file like bento/ubuntu/ubuntu-16.04-amd64.json
  • Locate the variables section and add the following configuration

  "variables": {
    ...
    "cm_provisioner": "",
    "cm_version": "",
    ...
  }

  • Locate the provisioners section and add the following configuration
    • inside environment_vars section

  "environment_vars": [
    "CM_PROVISIONER={{user `cm_provisioner`}}",
    "CM_VERSION={{user `cm_version`}}"
  ],

  • inside scripts section

  "scripts": [
    "../_common/cminstaller.sh",
  ],

• Run packer and pass the relevant values

  $ cd ubuntu
  $ packer build \
    -var 'cm_provisioner=foo' \
    -var 'cm_version=1.2.3' \
    ubuntu-16.04-amd64.json