Getting Started with Chef: zero-to-Rails Application

This will be a mix of discussion, demonstration, and hands-on baking with Chef. We will start with a basic, bare bones, Ubuntu server and build a project in Chef to install a basic Rails Application.

You'll be able to follow along on your own machine provided you've completed a basic set of pre-requisites. By the time we're done, you'll have a simple Rails app running on an Ubuntu VM managed by Chef. We'll talk about the next steps and discuss the power of Chef.

Pre-requisites:

If you'd like to follow along with the demo and coding, please complete these pre-requisites before coming to the meeting.

1. Install Oracle's VirtualBox (http://www.vagrantup.com/)

2. Install Vagrant (http://vagrantup.com/)

3. Download this Vagrantfile (https://github.com/learnchef/deploy_rails/blob/master/Vagrantfile) from github

4. Run `vagrant up` in the directory containing the Vagrantfile from step 3

5. Sign-up for a Free Trial of Hosted Chef (http://www.opscode.com/hosted-chef/)