[chef] Re: chef-client auto-registered run_list

[Eric Heydrick < >]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Roberto C. Morano 
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 wrote:
> Aloha,
>
> I'm looking into, but I do not find the correct way (if there is any) to
> change the default run list that nodes use.
>
> I know I can add nodes with knife and at the same time assign them a run
> list, but when clients are auto-registered (via chef-validator), the run
> list is always empty by default.
>
> I would like if there exist a way to do this without hardcoding it somewhere
> deep in server's code :]
>
> Thank you very much in advance.

You can set a node's run list by putting it in a json file and running
it with chef-client on the node. See
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Setting+the+run_list+in+JSON+during+run+time.
Note that if the run fails for any reason the run list is not saved as
of 0.10.

-Eric