diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/show_config.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/show_config.rb
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index 0000000..a7851a5
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+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/show_config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+if File.exists?("/etc/chef-server/chef-server.rb")
+	ChefServer[:node] = node
+	ChefServer.from_file("/etc/chef-server/chef-server.rb")
+end
+config = ChefServer.generate_config(node['fqdn'])
+
+puts Chef::JSONCompat.to_json_pretty(config)
+return
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/show-config.json b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/show-config.json
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+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/show-config.json
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+{
+  "run_list": [ "recipe[chef-server::show_config]" ]
+}
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