Managing your local workstation with Chef Pantry

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.

Tip

This example is based on recipes for OS X.

Getting ready

First, we need to install Chef Pantry:

1. Clone the Pantry repository to your local development box:

   mma@laptop:~/ $ git clone https://github.com/chef/pantry-chef-repo
   

2. Go into your clone of the pantry-chef-repo repository:

   mma@laptop:~/ $ cd pantry-chef-repo
   

3. 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...