chefdk_bootstrap

Setup your laptop for Chef development in minutes

Run one simple command to easily set up your Windows or Mac machine for Chef cookbook development in about 20 minutes.

Before You Begin

• If you are on a Windows machine, you will need at least PowerShell 3.0. We recommend PowerShell 5.0 because it supports Microsoft DSC.

Windows Quickstart

Copy the PowerShell command below and paste them into a PowerShell Admin console. This will download and run the bootstrap script on your workstation.

$ScriptFromGithHub = Invoke-WebRequest https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apple-sauce/chefdk_bootstrap/master/bootstrap.ps1 
Invoke-Expression $($ScriptFromGithHub.Content)

What does it do?

This cookbook installs the following programs: Tools Version

• ChefDK 3.0.36
• Chocolatey: latest
• ConEmu: latest
• Visual Studio Code: latest
• Vagrant: 2.1.1
• Virtual Box: 5.2.12

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