[chef] Re: How could I know from the chef server side that whether the running of a chef-client is done?

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

Hi Dikang,
Unfortunately the answer right now is "not really." The node status
page has a little information, but it's probably not enough detail.
Improving chef's reporting capabilities is definitely something we're
interested in doing, as it's a often-requested feature. I don't know
where exactly it fits with our roadmap, however.

In the meantime, you can put a recipe very last in the run list that
sends email or otherwise reports a completed run to an external
system. If you'd like to be notified of failures, there's a hack you
can use involving ruby's at_exit hooks. I described a bit how it works
here:

http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef/2009-10/msg00043.html

HTH,
Dan DeLeo

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Dikang Gu 
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 wrote:
> That is: I run the chef-client as a daemon in the chef client node, and how
> could I know when it is finished (for example, a software is installed on
> the node)?  Can I get this information by querying the chef server?
> Hope my question is clear.  :-)
>
> Thanks
> Dikang
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