Run community chef cookbook

Question

I want to configure a mailserver on AWS with this cookbook: https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/postfix-dovecot

I have chef-client and chef-dk installed. I have downloaded the package and changed the cookbook attributes with my personal configurations.

What I need to run now? I tried: chef-client --local-mode -r "recipe[default]"

What's the correct way to run a community cookbook?

Thanks.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '15 at 20:28

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Have you tried chef-apply? It's a way to just run a cookbook rather than having an ongoing Chef setup.

answered May 04 '15 at 20:28

Noah Gibbs

chef-apply can only be executed for recipes and resources and not for cookbook policies. – Luiz Gustavo F. Gama May 04 '15 at 20:40
Absolutely. But he's running the default recipe above. – Noah Gibbs May 05 '15 at 02:18

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