[chef-dev] Re: Re: storing bootstrap templates in the chef server

[Josiah Kiehl < >]

You do want version control, but the same is true of cookbooks as well. I think there's good value in making the templates available on the chef server. In an environment with many engineers, making sure everyone is using the latest template is a hassle. Recently we changed our template and we _still_ get requests asking why they can't bootstrap. "Did you read that email we broadcasted to " "Um... maybe" "Go update your template"

If templates where stored on the server, versioned properly like cookbooks, Operations or whoever can own the template and put out regular releases that people would be able to use without any overhead of downloading the latest version and putting it in ~/.chef/bootstrap.

+1 for storing templates on the chef server, provided they're versioned like cookbooks.

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Daniel DeLeo < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Joseph Holsten wrote:

We've recently had to do some customization of our ubuntu, centos and windows bootstrap templates. While one of my coworkers was working on one he asked me, “So how do I upload this to the chef server?”

Does anyone else think it makes sense to store bootstrap templates in a chef server? Are there any disadvantages I'm not thinking of?

I think you really want version control and all of the features it provides (history, diffs, etc.) for this sort of thing. So if you're already sharing it via version control, what's the benefit of distributing it by a different mechanism as well?

 

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Daniel DeLeo