[chef] Re: Documentation on How to Rename Your Chef Server Host?

[Adam Jacob < >]

I do not believe so.  This would be a great contribution to the wiki!

Adam

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On Sep 28, 2010, at 7:51 AM, Kenneth Stailey 
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 wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> It appears that renaming a Chef server host is non-trivial.
> 
> I didn't get into it, just causally noticed that RabbitMQ falls over and 
> dies if the host name is changed.
> 
> The remediation for that is in Section 6.9 of the RabbitMQ docs, search for 
> "change_node_name".  Here's a link to the page:
> 
> http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/mnesia/Mnesia_chap7.html#id74479
> 
> The mere 25-lines-or-so of Erlang listed there should fix up everything 
> nicely.
> 
> Is there a complete list of pitfalls and steps necessary when renaming your 
> Chef server host anywhere?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken
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