Chef Scripts

Chef Scripts

RapidFTR uses Chef along with Knife Solo to deploy code to production. The provisioning scripts and cookbooks are installed in rapidftr-infrastructure repository, and the same is linked as a git submodule in the main RapidFTR web repository for convenience.

Spawning a Production VM

A Virtual Machine can be quickly provisioned to test the RapidFTR Chef scripts. Make sure you have VirtualBox and Vagrant installed as per the Using Vagrant instructions, and then:

• Clone the RapidFTR repository
• Update the infrastructure submodule: git submodule update --init
• Create SSL certificates for RapidFTR app
  • Go to: cd infrastructure/site-cookbooks/rapidftr/files/default
  • Create certificate.crt and certificate.key
  • The easiest way to create self-signed certificates is using Heroku's instructions. Make sure to rename server.crt and server.key to certificate.crt and certificate.key
• Create SSL certificates for CouchDB
  • Go to: cd infrastructure/site-cookbooks/couchdb/files/default
  • Repeat above instructions to create SSL certificate for CouchDB
• Bring up a Production VM: vagrant up prod

This will boot a 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 VM and apply the production role. Once the machine is booted, navigate to http://localhost:8443 to access the VM.

Barebones Deployment

If you want to directly use the Chef scripts to provision an existing machine, without using Vagrant, follow the Server Deployment instructions.