Pre requisites

Pre-Requisites

There are a number of pre-requisites for running wombat.

1. ChefDK
2. Packer
3. Automate License key

ChefDK

Download URL: https://downloads.chef.io/chefdk

Follow the instructions here to install and configure ChefDK as your default version of Ruby.

NOTE: If not using ChefDK then Ruby 2.3+ is required

Packer

Download URL: https://www.packer.io/downloads.html

The Packer binary must be in the $PATH environment variable for wombat commands to work correctly.

Automate License key

Chef Automate requires a valid license to activate successfully.

If you do not have a license key, please request one from your Chef account representative

You need to place the license in a fie called delivery.license inside the files/ directory of your Wombat project.