You know the drill. You get a brand-new MacBook and need to set up all your software – again. Chef can help here, too.
We will look at how to install applications and tweak settings on your local development box with Chef.
First, we need to install Chef Pantry:
Clone the Pantry repository to your local development box:
mma@laptop:~/ $ git clone https://github.com/chef/pantry-chef-repo
Go into your clone of the
pantry-chef-repo
repository:mma@laptop:~/ $ cd pantry-chef-repo
Make sure you have Chef Pantry installed by running the following code:
mma@laptop:~/pantry-chef-repo $ sudo ./bin/pantry -c ...TRUNCATED OUTPUT... Password: Running `chef-client` with the default Policyfile.rb. Starting Chef Client, version 12.15.19 ...TRUNCATED OUTPUT... In the future, you can modify the Policyfile.rb, then run `chef update` and `chef export zero-repo`, then rerun chef client with `sudo /opt/chefdk...