A sample knife.rb file with exception for ssl mode

current_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)

log_level                :info

log_location             STDOUT

node_name                'rajagopalan'

client_key               '/root/chef-repo/.chef/rajagopalan.pem'

validation_client_name   'hexaware'

validation_key           '/root/chef-repo/.chef/hexaware-validator.pem'

chef_server_url          'https://api.chef.io/organizations/ORG_NAME'

cache_type               'BasicFile'

cache_options( :path => "#{ENV['HOME']}/.chef/checksums" )

cookbook_path            ['#{current_dir}/../cookbooks']

Vi  ~/.gemrc

Add this line to bypass ssl check

:ssl_verify_mode: 0

Add this line to knife.rb to exclude ssl check while executing knife ec2 server create

Excon.defaults[:ssl_verify_peer] = false