Chef Cookbook that will setup the basics for Amazon Linux or Ubuntu systems. Be sure to set appropriate overrides for what you do and don't want to be setup in your environment files. This is a great starting point for all your nodes. It's also a great example for writing wrapper cookbooks.

The secondary purpose of this cookbook is to give various examples that can be replicated in other cookbooks. I did my best to include all the major coding and testing scenarios.

Primary Focus is on Amazon Linux then Ubuntu. RHEL and CentOS not tested but should work.

• Amazon Linux v1 & v2
  • Amazon Linux v2 is el7 and has systemd. The issue is systemd requires kernel access and is not fully functioning in a Docker container as of yet and can cause issues with standard configurations we are used to doing with say upstart (initd). I have it working with this cookbook, but when you start adding your app side of things it may be very problematic if deploying as a Docker image/container.
• Ubuntu 16/18 Not Fully Tested

                                                   | Boolean | Install Package list from EPEL Repo   |

| Gem Source | bonusbits_base:gem_source:configure | false | Boolean | Enable System and Chef Ruby Gem Source replacement with say an internal repo | | Gem Source | bonusbits_base:gem_source:source_url | https://artifactory.localdomain.com/artifactory/api/rubygems/ | String | Source Ruby Gem Repo URL to replace rubygems.org. This is a bogus example URL | | Gem Source | bonusbits_base:gem_source:source_url | https://artifactory.localdomain.com/artifactory/api/rubygems/ | String | Source Ruby Gem Repo URL to replace rubygems.org. This is a bogus example URL | | Kitchen Shutdown | bonusbits_base:kitchen_shutdown:configure | *true | Boolean | Enable creation of crontab to shutdown and terminate an AWS EC2 instance deployed by kitchen. *If an EC2 instance and deployed with Kitchen then the default is 'true'. | | Kitchen Shutdown | bonusbits_base:kitchen_shutdown:minute | 0 | String | Crontab minute to run | | Kitchen Shutdown | bonusbits_base:kitchen_shutdown:hour | 6 | String | Crontab hour to run. Default is 7AM UTC = 11PM PST/2AM EST. Cron runs on whatever the timezone is set on system. Default example based on UTC | | Node Info | bonusbits_base:node_info:configure | true | Boolean | Deploy a Bash/Batch Shell Script that can be used to quickly display information about the local system. Script deployed to standard system path locations: Linux /usr/local/bin/nodeinfo Windows C:/Windows/System32/nodeinfo.cmd | | Packages | bonusbits_base:packages:install | true | Boolean | Install a set of basic packages | | Packages | bonusbits_base:packages:update | true | Boolean | Update all but kernel packages on system | | Packages | bonusbits_base:packages:amazon_linux1:packages | List Here | Array | List of Amazon Linux 1 Packages | | Packages | bonusbits_base:packages:amazon_linux2:packages | List Here | Array | List of Amazon Linux 2 Packages | | Packages | bonusbits_base:packages:debian:packages | List Here | Array | List of Debian Linux Packages | | Packages | bonusbits_base:packages:redhat:packages | List Here | Array | List of Redhat Linux Packages | | Proxy | bonusbits_base:proxy:configure | false | Boolean | Configure proxy settings on system | | Proxy | bonusbits_base:proxy:use_ssl | false | Boolean | Use SSL will set https for the Proxy URL attribute. Otherwise http used | | Proxy | bonusbits_base:proxy:host | 10.0.2.2 | String | Proxy Host Address | | Proxy | bonusbits_base:proxy:port | 8888 | String | Proxy Host Port | | Proxy | run_state:proxy:user | nil | String | Proxy Authentication User Name. Run state used for security so not wrote to node | | Proxy | run_state:proxy:password | nil | String | Proxy Authentication Password. Run state used for security so not wrote to node | | Proxy | bonusbits_base:proxy:url | http://10.0.2.2:8888 | String | Proxy Full URL. http/https and user:password added dynamically if overrides converged | | Security | bonusbits_base:security:selinux:configure | true | Boolean | Configure SeLinux | | Security | bonusbits_base:security:selinux:action | disabled | String | Set SeLinux Enforcement Action. Options: enforcing, permissive and disabled | | Sudoers | bonusbits_base:sudoers:configure | true | Boolean | Add /usr/local/bin to secure path for sudoers. This is for Amazon Linux in AWS. |

All operations have attributes to disable/enable them. Here's what is out of the box.

• Create Docker or AWS EC2 Instance
• Install basic packages.
  • I put a few basic packages I like, but you can override the array.
• Install CloudWatch Logs Agent if in AWS
• Create Basic CloudWatch Logs Config if in AWS
  • Disable if going to deploy your own from your wrapper
• Create nodeinfo shell script to output system info
• Disable SeLinux
• Add /usr/local/bin to sudo secure path in sudoers for Amazon Linux
• Add a custom Bonus Bits Message of the Day (motd)
• Set chefdk Ruby and gems in BASH profile

• Proxy Setup
• Gem Source Change
• Deploy Internal CA Certificate from Data Bag Item

There are Chef data bag items, environments, node and roles files under the test folder. These are called by the Test Kitchen configurations instead of entering all the attribute overrides inside the YAML. It cleans up the kitchen YAML, plus makes it easier to quickly understand how you'd setup these Chef configurations in your environment. Basically copy/paste, instead of converting YAML to JSON... I've done it for you!

test
├── data_bags
│         ├── encrypted_data_bag_secret
│         └── bonusbits_base
│             ├── credentials.json
│             └── enterprise_ca.json
├── environments
│         └── bonusbits_base.json
└── node
    └── client.rb
└── roles
    └── base.json

The data bag items are just examples. They are not currently used in the cookbook. I added it mainly for when I copy/paste to write a new wrapper it's already staged. I usually end up adding the customers CA cert chain as part of my base cookbook. Here's some information on how to accomplish that task.

• VPC with Public (If Using ALB) and Private subnets
  • Example Template
• Internet Access from EC2 Instance
  • Example NAT Gateway Template
  • Example VPN BGP Template
  • Example Sophos UTM 9 Template

Click this button to open AWS CloudFormation web console with the Template URL automatically entered.

Public S3 Link:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/bonusbits-public/cloudformation-templates/cookbooks/bonusbits_base.yml

The CloudFormation Template the following:

1. Create Autoscale Group for service check (hardware failure) DR not Scaling (No ELB/ALB)
2. Adds the EC2 Instance to selected Security Groups
3. Create IAM Instance Profile Role
4. Create Cloudwatch Logs Group
5. UserData
   1. Installs some basic packages needed for bootstrapping
      1. cfn-init
      2. aws-cfn-bootstrap
      3. cloud-init
      4. git
   2. Run cfn-init
   3. Signal completed after Chef run (cfn-signal)
6. Cloud Init (cfn-init)
   1. Configure CFN Hup and Auto Reloader Hook Conf
   2. Setup and Execute Chef Zero
      1. Install ChefDK from internet
         • Using ChefDK because already has berkshelf and InSpec etc.
      2. Create Chef Configuration Files
      3. Download bonusbits_base cookbook from Github
      4. Download depend cookbooks with berks
      5. Triggers Chef Zero run
   3. Warm EBS Volume

The default Kitchen configuration .kitchen.yml is setup with AWS EC2 and Dokken Docker Drivers.

If using Kitchen simple specify the test suite with the driver you'd like to use. Both driver gems are included with ChefDK. The only prerequisites are having Docker installed and/or AWS Environment Variables setup. Unless you are using a public subnet in AWS then you'll want a direct connect or VPN solution in place.

The kitchen commands need to be ran from the root directory of the cookbook.

1. Direct Connect, VPN or public subnet

   • A direct connect or VPN solution must be in place from you to the AWS VPC where you plan to stand up EC2 instances.

2. NAT or IGW

   • The subnet that you plan to stand up the EC2 instances may require internet access to pull from Github etc.

3. AWS Credentials Profile Configured

   • Be sure to setup your AWS CLI profile even if you only have one. It's a more secure method to pass credentials to Test Kitchen.

   aws configure
   vim ~/.aws/config
   vim ~/.aws/credentials

4. Environment Variables

   • Set these Environment Variables or use .kitchen.local.yml config to overwrite the values with static personal information.

   AWS Environment Variables
   -----------------------------------------
   AWS_SSH_KEY_ID = {aws ssh key name}
   AWS_SSH_KEY_PATH = {/path/to/sshkey.pem}
   AWS_PROFILE = {aws config profile name}
   AWS_REGION = {us-west-2 or us-east-1}
   AWS_VPC_ID = {VPC ID to deploy}
   AWS_SUBNET = {subnet ID to deploy}
   AWS_PUBLIC_IP = {true or false}
   AWS_SECURITY_GROUP_1 = {security group ID}
   AWS_IAM_INSTANCE_PROFILE_1 = {EC2 Instance IAM Profile Role Name}
   

   Setup to support up to 5 security groups. More IAM Profiles staged for multiple instance role support.

• Docker local install
  • https://store.docker.com/search?type=edition&offering=community

There is a Dockerfile in the root of the cookbook that can be used to build a local Amazon Linux Docker Image using Chef Client / Chef Zero. It is setup to run the InSpec Tests at the end of the Chef Run for this type of deployment.

docker build -f Dockerfile . -t bonusbits_base

docker run --name amazonlinux_base -it bonusbits_base

docker start amazonlinux_base

docker exec -it amazonlinux_base /bin/bash --login

docker stop amazonlinux_base

docker rm amazonlinux_base

docker rmi bonusbits_base

There is an Amazon Linux Docker image built from this cookbook on Docker Hub if interested it can be found HERE

You can run the nodeinfo script locally or use Test Kitchen to run it. You can have it run on one, multiple or all of the test suite VMs you have running. Below are some examples:

---------------------------------------------------------------
Node Information
---------------------------------------------------------------
## NETWORK ##
IP Address:                 (10.80.0.221)
Hostname:                   (ip-10-80-0-221)
FQDN:                       (ip-10-80-0-221.us-west-2.compute.internal)
## AWS ##
Instance ID:                (i-0c32017a62a32ad3b)
Region:                     (us-west-2)
Availability Zone:          (us-west-2a)
AMI ID:                     (ami-d61a92b6)
## PLATFORM ##
Platform:                   (redhat)
Platform Version:           (6.9)
Platform Family:            (rhel)
## HARDWARE ##
CPU Count:                  (1)
Memory:                     (994MB)
## CHEF ##
Detected Environment:       (dev)
Chef Environment:           (bonusbits_base_epel_repo)
Chef Roles:                 ([base])
Chef Recipes:               ([bonusbits_base, bonusbits_base::default])
---------------------------------------------------------------

• Style/Linting
  • Foodcritic and Rubocop
  • Ran from Rakefile tasks by CircleCI
• Integration
  • InSpec Profiles
  • inspec_bootstrap
  • bonusbits_base_inspec
  • Ran from Rakefile tasks by CircleCI (.kitchen.dokken.yml)

• Setup Mac DevOps Workstation
• Setup Ubuntu DevOps Workstation
• Setup Windows DevOps Workstation

• Test Kitchen Official Web Site
• Test Kitchen Github
• Test Kitchen Chef Docs
• Install Test Kitchen
• Setup Test Kitchen
• Setup Test Kitchen for AWS EC2 Support
• Test Kitchen Usage
• Configure Test Kitchen to Use Charles Proxy
• [Setup Test Kitchen in a Chef Cookbook](https://www.bonusbits.com/wiki/HowTo:Setup Test Kitchen in a Chef Cookbook)

• Getting Started with Chef Training Video
• Add Internal Root CA to Linux Chef Client