Add a base role, so that chef is updated before anything else

roles/base.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name "base"
+
+run_list %w(
+  kosmos-base::chef_client
+  kosmos-base::default
+)

site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/chef_client.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: kosmos-base
+# Recipe:: chef_client
+#
+# Copyright 2019, Kosmos
+#
+# All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
+#
+
+# Update chef to the chosen version
+chef_version = '14.11.21'
+chef_client_updater "Install #{chef_version}" do
+  version chef_version
+end

site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/default.rb

@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ include_recipe 'apt'
 include_recipe 'timezone_iii'
 include_recipe 'ntp'
 
-# Update chef to the chosen version
-chef_version = '14.11.21'
-chef_client_updater "Install #{chef_version}" do
-  version chef_version
-end
-
 package 'mailutils'
 package 'mosh'