### dev-lxc.yml Config Files

dev-lxc uses a YAML configuration file named `dev-lxc.yml` to define a cluster.

The `init` command generates sample config files for various server types.

Let's generate a config for a cluster with a standalone Chef Server, Chef Automate server,
private Supermarket server, job dispatch runner and an infrastructure node.

```
dev-lxc init --chef --automate --supermarket --runners --nodes > dev-lxc.yml
```

The contents of `dev-lxc.yml` should look like this.

```
# base_container must be the name of an existing container
base_container: b-ubuntu-1404

# list any host directories you want mounted into the servers
#mounts:
#  - /root/work root/work

# list any SSH public keys you want added to /home/dev-lxc/.ssh/authorized_keys
#ssh-keys:
#  - /root/work/clusters/id_rsa.pub

# DHCP reserved (static) IPs must be selected from the IP range 10.0.3.150 - 254

chef-server:
  users:          # a user's password will be the same as its username
    - mary-admin
    - joe-user
  orgs:
    demo:
      admins:
        - mary-admin
      non-admins:
        - joe-user
  servers:
    chef.lxc:
      ipaddress: 10.0.3.203
      products:
        chef-server:
        manage:
        push-jobs-server:
        reporting:

supermarket:
  servers:
    supermarket.lxc:
      ipaddress: 10.0.3.206
      products:
        supermarket:

automate:
  servers:
    automate.lxc:
      ipaddress: 10.0.3.200
      products:
        delivery:
      license_path: /path/for/automate.lxc
      chef_org: delivery
      enterprise_name: demo-ent

runners:
  servers:
    runner-1.lxc:
      products:
        chefdk:     # downloaded only

nodes:
  chef_server_url: https://chef.lxc/organizations/demo
  validation_client_name: demo-validator
  # comment out or remove the validation_key path to use chef-server keys generated by dev-lxc
  validation_key: # /path/for/ORG-validator.pem
  servers:
    node-1.lxc:
      products:
        chef:
```

The dev-lxc.yml config file is very customizable. You can add or remove mounts, products or servers,
change ip addresses, server names, the base_container and more.

As you can see there are four server types represented by five servers.

1. chef-server - chef.lxc
2. analytics - analytics.lxc
3. supermarket - supermarket.lxc
4. nodes - node-1.lxc

#### Global Settings

The global settings used by each of the server types are the `base_container`, a list of `mounts` and
a list of `ssh-keys`. These settings are described in the config comments.

Be sure to set `base_container` in the `dev-lxc.yml` to an existing container's name.  
This container will be cloned to create each container in the cluster.  
If you don't already have a container to use as a `base_container` then you can follow the instructions in the  
[Create a dev-lxc Base Container section](https://github.com/jeremiahsnapp/dev-lxc#create-a-dev-lxc-base-container) to create one.

#### Server Specific Settings

It is possible to define different values for `base_container`, `mounts` or `ssh-keys` for a particular server type or even for a particular server as you can see in the following snippet.

```
nodes:
  base_container: b-ubuntu-1404
  servers:
    node-1.lxc:
      base_container: b-centos-6
    node-2.lxc:
```

IP addresses from the range 10.0.3.150 - 254 can be assigned to the servers. If an IP address
is not specified then a dynamic IP address is assigned when the server starts.

#### mixlib-install Library Automatically Manages a Cache of Product Packages

dev-lxc uses the [mixlib-install](https://github.com/chef/mixlib-install) library to download Chef products
to a cache in `/var/dev-lxc` in the host VM. This cache is automatically mounted into each server when it starts.

A list of Chef products to be installed can be defined for each server
using [product names that mixlib-install understands](https://github.com/chef/mixlib-install/blob/master/PRODUCT_MATRIX.md).

The channel and version of the product can be defined also.

Channel can be `current`, `stable` or `unstable` with `stable` as the default.
Version can be `latest` or a version number with `latest` as the default.

For example, the following specifies the `current` channel and version `0.16.1` of the `chefdk` product.

```
nodes:
  servers:
    node-1.lxc:
      products:
        chefdk:
          channel: current
          version: 0.16.1
```

The `package_source` setting can be used to specify a package file on disk.

```
nodes:
  servers:
    node-1.lxc:
      products:
        chefdk:
          package_source: /root/chefdk_0.16.1-1_amd64.deb
```

#### Chef Server Orgs/Users

When defining a Chef Server you can include organizations and users that will be automatically created and associated accordingly.

#### Automatic Integration Between Servers

dev-lxc knows how to automatically configure Chef Server standalone, Chef Server tier topology,
Chef Server HA 2.0 as well as Chef Automate, Chef Client, Analytics, Compliance and Supermarket.

If a Chef Automate, Analytics server or Supermarket server is defined in the same config file as
a Chef Server then each server will automatically be integrated with that Chef Server.

If a node server with Chef Client or Chef DK installed is defined in the same config file as
a Chef Server then the Chef Client will automatically be configured to use that Chef Server.

Alternatively, values for `chef_server_url`, `validation_client_name` and `validation_key` can
be set in the config file either for all nodes or for each individual node.

```
nodes:
  chef_server_url: https://chef.lxc/organizations/demo
  validation_client_name: demo-validator
  # comment out or remove the validation_key path to use chef-server keys generated by dev-lxc
  validation_key: # /path/to/org/validation/key
  servers:
    node-1.lxc:
      products:
        chef:
```