This assumes you’ve already installed Virtualbox and configured a base VM.<\/p>\n
\nmkdir cookbooks\ncd cookbooks\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/opscode-cookbooks\/apt\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/opscode-cookbooks\/erlang.git\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/opscode-cookbooks\/couchdb.git\n\ncd ..\nmkdir vm\ncd vm\nvagrant init\nvi Vagrantfile\n<\/pre>\nInsert the following lines before the last line “end”, like so:<\/p>\n
\n config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|\n chef.cookbooks_path = \"..\/cookbooks\"\n chef.add_recipe(\"apt\")\n chef.add_recipe(\"couchdb\")\n end\n<\/pre>\nExit vi (:q) and run the following:<\/p>\n
\nvagrant up\n<\/pre>\nAfter several minutes your virtual environment will be built. Once this is done, you can SSH into the machine (password is vagrant):<\/p>\n
\nssh vagrant@localhost -p 2222\n<\/pre>\nThen see that the couchdb service is installed:<\/p>\n
\nls \/etc\/init.d\/couch*\n<\/pre>\nThe reason you need apt is to force “apt-update” prior to running the later commands. Erlang is a pre-requisite for couchdb, but Chef will just pick that up and install it. If you run into any errors, you may need to change or download the base box<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This assumes you’ve already installed Virtualbox and configured a base VM. mkdir cookbooks cd cookbooks git clone https:\/\/github.com\/opscode-cookbooks\/apt git clone https:\/\/github.com\/opscode-cookbooks\/erlang.git git clone https:\/\/github.com\/opscode-cookbooks\/couchdb.git cd .. mkdir vm cd vm vagrant init vi Vagrantfile Insert the following lines before the last line “end”, like so: config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef| chef.cookbooks_path = “..\/cookbooks” chef.add_recipe(“apt”) chef.add_recipe(“couchdb”) end … <\/p>\n