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

[consiliens < >]

On 07/19/2010 12:07 PM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:01 PM, 
> consiliens<
>  >
>   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

I'm willing to fix them.  Thank you for explaining how to use roles with 
chef-solo.