[chef] Re: Roles to JSON broken on Chef-Solo

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:01 PM, consiliens 
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 wrote:
> Why does chef-solo require a key to generate a JSON representation of a role
> for use with chef-solo?

`rake roles` calls `knife role from file` which assumes you want to
upload the role to the server. With chef solo, you are not required to
convert the role to JSON before using it, however--you should be able
to just configure your `role_path` in solo.rb and run with it. I see
this is not documented on the roles page in the wiki, and the chef
solo page states that you have to convert to JSON first, which is
incorrect. I don't have time to fix these right now, but I'll make a
note to fix them as I'm able. If you're willing to fix them, that
would be greatly appreciated.

Dan DeLeo