ubuntu-chef-solo Bootstrap Ubuntu Desktop. wget -nv -O - https://github.com/riywo/ubuntu-chef-solo/raw/master/install.sh | sh If you use Amazon EC2 ec2-run-instances ami-3d4ff254 -n 1 -t t1.micro --user-data-file user-data -k YOUR_KEY_PAIIR -g YOUR_SECURITY_GROUP Copypasted from Chef Solo tutorial: Managing a single server with Chef