I would like to install chef via apt non-interactively, but by default, apt installation brings up this prompt:
Is there a way to skip this step during installation or pass a value to apt install? I'm only using chef-solo, so don't actually need the server component, so simply press return on this prompt.
You can configure debconf into non-interactive prompt:
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive aptitude install -y -q chef If you find the complete key, you can also pre-configure the default value:
echo package package/key {boolean,string} {true, some string} | sudo debconf-set-selections sudo apt-get install package In this specific instance:
echo chef chef/chef_server_url string | sudo debconf-set-selections To find the key, after installing the package you can look for it with debconf-get-selections (shipped in the debconf-utils package):
debconf-get-selections | grep chef # URL of Chef Server (e.g., http://chef.example.com:4000): chef chef/chef_server_url string or with debconf-show:
debconf-show chef 