[chef] Re: Re: Re: One Client Many Nodes?

[Jon Wood < >]

On 21 July 2010 22:52, Alex Soto 
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 wrote:
> I haven't seen anyone use this - or use it myself. Very possible. It's used
> by supplementing the client configuration with -N/--node-name/node_name
> (client.rb).
>
> Ok, next time I have a test machine up I'll give it a run through, but I'd
> love to hear if any one else has tried this, what happens, what's it useful
> for, etc.

This sounds to me like a feature that was almost accidently
implemented, as a side effect of being able to specify the
configuration file. I can't think of any situation in which I'd want
multiple nodes on one machine, if only because of the risk of them
getting stuck in a loop of overriding each other's decisions.