AWS OpsWorks custom layer with support for PHP 5.6 and php application deployment. Also contains a centos 6.5 virtual machine using Vagrant that emulate Amazon Linux environment.

Please make sure to read opsworks user guide before using these cookbooks http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/workingcookbook-chef11-10.html

1. Add a new stack
2. Under Advanced Settings:
   • Pick chef version 11.10 as the chef version
   • Use custom cookbook pointing to https://github.com/aporat/opsworks-php-cookbooks.git (or fork this repo and host it yourself)
   • Enable "Manage Berkshelf" with 3.2.0 as the version
3. Add a new App Server -> PHP Layer layer. Note that only Amazon Linux AMI is supported.
4. Edit the newly created layer, and add the custom recipes:

• add phpapp::setup & mysql::client in the setup lifetime event
• add phpapp::deploy in the deploy lifetime event

5. Add a PHP application from the "Applications" section

1. Download Vagrant 1.6+ from http://www.vagrantup.com
2. Download latest VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org
3. Install ChefDK ">= 0.6.0" https://downloads.getchef.com/chef-dk/mac/#/
4. Install vagrant-omnibus vagrant plugin install vagrant-omnibus
5. Install vagrant-berkshelf vagrant plugin install vagrant-berkshelf
6. Create a new project with the supplied Vagrantfile and edit chef.cookbooks_path to point to the cookbooks folder