[chef] Re: Re: Re: Ideas on kickstarting a node and auto-applying a role

[John Merrells < >]

On May 14, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Paul Choi wrote:

> Since our servers are not in the cloud, it's actually good for us to tie 
> stuff to host IP. The firewall allows access based on IP, and physical 
> server specs are different based on their role.

Ack.

> As for cookbooks, I might be misunderstanding what you are saying, but 
> after applying the correct roles to a node, recipes are applied according 
> to the run list. I think that's what I'm looking for,

Yes, that's it.

> unless there's more flexibility with downloading cookbooks that you might 
> want to tell me about.

I don't think there is.

John

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