Vagrantfile for setting up multiple machines with chef configuration

Example Vagrantfile below for setting up multiple virtual machines and using chef to provision them

	Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
	# assumes your chef.json files are in cookbooks or site-cookbooks directory
	servers = [
	{
	id: :db1,
	ip: "172.16.2.111",
	node_json: "master-db.json"
	},
	{
	id: :db2,
	ip: "172.16.2.222",
	node_json: "standby-db.json"
	},
	{
	id: :web1,
	ip: "172.16.2.333",
	node_json: "web.json"
	}
	]
	# for testing remove some servers from provision
	db_servers.reject! { |item| item[:id] == :db2 }
	db_servers.each do |server_settings|
	config.vm.define server_settings[:id] do |db|
	db.vm.box = "precise32"
	db.vm.network :private_network, ip: server_settings[:ip]
	db.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
	chef.cookbooks_path = ["./cookbooks", "./site-cookbooks"]
	# http://jbbarth.com/posts/2011-03-20-vagrant-provisioning-with-chefsolo.html
	["./nodes/#{server_settings[:node_json]}"].each do |node_file|
	json = JSON.parse(File.read(node_file))
	json["run_list"].each { |run| chef.add_recipe(run) }
	chef.json.merge!(json)
	end
	end
	end
	end
	end

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Resources

• http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/multi-machine/index.html 
• http://jbbarth.com/posts/2011-03-20-vagrant-provisioning-with-chefsolo.html