[chef] Re: Problem setting fqdn on a node

["Leinartas, Michael" < >]

Title: Re: [chef] Problem setting fqdn on a node

How do you get your IP and domain?  Are the machines assigned via dhcp? Do the ip addresses have reverse entries with the proper fqdn?

On 8/5/10 6:49 AM, "Jacobo García" <
 
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> Hi chefs,
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> I'm having lots of problems when setting fqdn on ubuntu 10.04 nodes so chef gets the fqdn right. 
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> If I run 'hostname fqdn' hostname returns fqdn but hostname -f does not, and the node gets registered with just the machine name.
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> The only way I found to make chef get the fqdn is adding an entry to /etc/hosts with the ip address and the fqdn on the machine. I haven't had this problem on ubuntu 8.04 nodes. 
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> I'd like to find another way to make this work than editing /etc/hosts before chef register nodes. 
>
> Has anyone had this problems? 
>
> Greetings.
>
> Jacobo García López de Araujo
> blog: http://robotplaysguitar.com
> http://workingwithrails.com/person/13395-jacobo-garc-a