[chef] Re: Running chef-client from another server and waiting for a result

[Charles Duffy < >]

Yes, this certainly can be done -- in fact, I'll be doing the same thing in just a few weeks.

What part of the process do you have questions about?

On Jul 4, 2011 7:34 PM, "Edward Sargisson" < "> > wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am thinking of incorporating Chef into a continuous integration
> server (in this case Bamboo but think Hudson/Jenkins).
> I'd like to do a build, configure Chef properties for the new version,
> then kick off chef-client on the test server. Once it's done, I want
> the script to know about it so that integration tests can be run
> against it.
>
> Is there a way to do this or am I using Chef beyond its purpose?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Edward