diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/CHANGELOG.md b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/CHANGELOG.md
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+# kosmos-parity CHANGELOG
+
+## 0.1.0
+- [Greg Karékinian] - Initial release of kosmos-parity
+
+- - -
+Check the [Markdown Syntax Guide](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) for help with Markdown.
+
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diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/README.md b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/README.md
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+# kosmos-parity Cookbook
+
+This cookbook installs [Parity](https://parity.io/) nodes
+
+## Requirements
+
+### Platforms
+
+- Ubuntu
+
+### Chef
+
+- Chef 12.1 or later
+
+## Attributes
+
+### kosmos-parity::default
+
+
+
+ Key |
+ Type |
+ Description |
+ Default |
+
+
+ ['kosmos-parity']['home_path'] |
+ String |
+ The parity user's home path |
+ /home/parity |
+
+
+
+## Usage
+
+### kosmos-parity::default
+
+Just include `kosmos-parity` in your node's `run_list`:
+
+```json
+{
+ "name":"my_node",
+ "run_list": [
+ "recipe[kosmos-parity]"
+ ]
+}
+```
+
+## License and Authors
+
+Authors:
+
+* Greg Karékinian
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/attributes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/attributes/default.rb
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+node.default['kosmos-parity']['home_path'] = "/home/parity"
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/metadata.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/metadata.rb
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+name 'kosmos-parity'
+maintainer 'Kosmos'
+maintainer_email 'mail@kosmos.org'
+license 'All rights reserved'
+description 'Installs/Configures kosmos-parity'
+long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
+version '0.1.0'
+
+depends 'ark'
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/recipes/default.rb
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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: kosmos-parity
+# Recipe:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2017, Kosmos
+#
+# All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
+#
+
+group "parity" do
+ gid 72748
+end
+
+user "parity" do
+ system true
+ manage_home true
+ comment "parity user"
+ uid 72748
+ gid 72748
+end
+
+parity_version = "1.6.6"
+parity_package_path = "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/parity_#{parity_version}_amd64.deb"
+remote_file parity_package_path do
+ source "https://d1h4xl4cr1h0mo.cloudfront.net/v#{parity_version}/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity_#{parity_version}_amd64.deb"
+ mode 0750
+ notifies :install, "dpkg_package[parity]", :immediately
+end
+
+dpkg_package "parity" do
+ source parity_package_path
+end
+
+parity_node "dev" do
+ config chain: "dev",
+ network_port: 30303,
+ json_rpc_port: 8545,
+ dapps_port: 8090,
+ ui_port: 8180
+end
+
+parity_node "testnet" do
+ config chain: "ropsten",
+ network_port: 30304,
+ json_rpc_port: 8546,
+ dapps_port: 8091,
+ ui_port: 8181
+end
+
+parity_node "mainnet" do
+ config chain: "homestead",
+ network_port: 30305,
+ json_rpc_port: 8547,
+ dapps_port: 8092,
+ ui_port: 8182
+end
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/resources/node.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/resources/node.rb
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+provides :parity_node
+
+property :name, String, name_property: true
+property :config, Hash
+
+action :enable do
+ node_name = name
+
+ base_path = "#{node['kosmos-parity']['home_path']}/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum/#{name}"
+
+ directory base_path do
+ recursive true
+ owner "parity"
+ group "parity"
+ end
+
+ %w(chains keys).each do |subfolder|
+ directory "#{base_path}/#{subfolder}" do
+ recursive true
+ owner "parity"
+ group "parity"
+ end
+ end
+
+ config_file = "#{base_path}/config.toml"
+
+ template config_file do
+ source "config.toml.erb"
+ owner "parity"
+ group "parity"
+ variables config.merge(base_path: base_path)
+ end
+
+ execute "systemctl daemon-reload" do
+ command "systemctl daemon-reload"
+ action :nothing
+ end
+
+ parity_service = "parity_#{node_name}"
+ template "/lib/systemd/system/#{parity_service}.service" do
+ source "parity.systemd.service.erb"
+ variables config_file: config_file
+ notifies :run, "execute[systemctl daemon-reload]", :delayed
+ notifies :restart, "service[#{parity_service}]", :delayed
+ end
+
+ service parity_service do
+ action [:enable, :start]
+ end
+end
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/config.toml.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/config.toml.erb
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+[parity]
+chain = "<%= @chain %>"
+base_path = "<%= @base_path %>"
+[network]
+port = <%= @network_port %>
+[rpc]
+# JSON-RPC over HTTP
+port = <%= @json_rpc_port %>
+[dapps]
+# Dapps Server
+port = <%= @dapps_port %>
+[ui]
+port = <%= @ui_port %>
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/parity.systemd.service.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/parity.systemd.service.erb
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+[Unit]
+Description=Parity Daemon (<%= @environment %>)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/parity --config <%= @config_file %> $ARGS
+User=parity
+Group=parity
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target