diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/bootstrap.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/bootstrap.rb
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+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2012 Opscode, Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+bootstrap_status_file = "/var/opt/chef-server/bootstrapped"
+erchef_dir = "/opt/chef-server/embedded/service/erchef"
+
+erchef_status_url = "http://#{node['chef_server']['erchef']['listen']}"
+erchef_status_url << ":#{node['chef_server']['erchef']['port']}/_status"
+
+execute "verify-system-status" do
+  command "curl -sf #{erchef_status_url}"
+  retries 20
+  not_if { File.exists?(bootstrap_status_file) }
+end
+
+execute "boostrap-chef-server" do
+  command "bin/bootstrap-chef-server"
+  cwd erchef_dir
+  not_if { File.exists?(bootstrap_status_file) }
+  environment({ 'CHEF_ADMIN_USER' => node['chef_server']['chef-server-webui']['web_ui_admin_user_name'],
+                 'CHEF_ADMIN_PASS' => node['chef_server']['chef-server-webui']['web_ui_admin_default_password'] })
+  notifies :restart, 'service[erchef]'
+end
+
+# servers need access to this key.
+chef_user = node['chef_server']['user']['username']
+file "/etc/chef-server/chef-webui.pem" do
+  owner "root"
+  group chef_user
+  mode "0640"
+  not_if { File.exists?(bootstrap_status_file) }
+end
+
+file bootstrap_status_file do
+  owner "root"
+  group "root"
+  mode "0600"
+  content "All your bootstraps are belong to Chef"
+end
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/bootstrap_disable.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/bootstrap_disable.rb
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+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2012 Opscode, Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
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