[chef] Re: Re: pem files

[Aaron Abramson < >]

Yup, scp (secure copy), or sftp provides an encrypted transfer mechanism.

On our chef server, I create linux user accounts for whomever needs access, and drop their .pem file into their local dir, and let them scp/sftp it for themselves.  Or they can ssh into the chef server and set up their knife.rb setup locally on the chef server itself.

On Sep 21, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Maven User wrote:

Anyone?  Is it really legit to scp them down to all the agents?

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Maven User < "> > wrote:

Hi all -

The pem file management portion of the setup of chef is a tad bit confusing.

When you have your own chef-server, what's the process for getting the proper files for a local-dev knife setup?

Also, once those are in place, shouldn't I be able to execute knife ssh commands w/o a password?