Setting up the Chef Server

We can use the Opscode Hosted Chef Server itself.

Sign-up for Hosted Chef

Setup the Chef Server account on Opscode Hosted Chef Server. Go To https://manage.opscode.com and Sign up.

Save your Opscode User Private Key

Opscode User Private Key will be shown to you once you finish the signup. Save the key in ~/.chef/YOUR-USERNAME.pem

Create an Organization

Once you are done with the above steps, go to https://manage.opscode.com again and then login with the user account you just created. Then you will have to create an Organization first. Organization short name should be globally unique.

Provide the Organization name and select the free plan.

Download the Validation Key and Knife config

Copy the Validation Key and Knife config to your .chef directory

Verify Knife using the "knife --version" and "knife client list" commands.

We are done with setting up the Chef Workstation and the Chef Server.