Removing Chef Infra Server and Workflow from the AIB

What you need

To build the Chef Automate AIB you will need:

• Linux machine with internet access
• Ruby
• Git

Creating a reduced AIB without Infra Server and Workflow

1. In the Automate git source, remove these rows from products.meta:

• chef/automate-cs-bookshelf
• chef/automate-cs-oc-bifrost
• chef/automate-cs-oc-erchef
• chef/automate-cs-nginx
• chef/automate-workflow-server
• chef/automate-workflow-nginx

2. Create a reduced manifest.json by running the create-manifest.rb script:

.expeditor/create-manifest.rb

3. Download the chef-automate installer:

curl https://packages.chef.io/files/current/latest/chef-automate-cli/chef-automate_linux_amd64.zip | gunzip - > chef-automate && chmod +x chef-automate

4. Create an Airgap Installation Bundle (AIB) based on the new manifest.json:

./chef-automate airgap bundle create -d -m small.manifest.json

5. Copy the resulting automate-*.aib file to the server

Installing Automate using the AIB

1. Download the chef-automate installer:

curl https://packages.chef.io/files/current/latest/chef-automate-cli/chef-automate_linux_amd64.zip | gunzip - > chef-automate && chmod +x chef-automate

2. Create a default Automate configuration, which by default does not include the Infra Server or Workflow

sudo ./chef-automate init-config

3. Install Automate using the AIB:

sudo ./chef-automate deploy config.toml --airgap-bundle automate-*.aib