[chef] Re: Re: should I be using chef?

[Brad Knowles < >]

On Dec 26, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:

> To my knowledge, most people managing workstations are using chef-solo, 
> with developers updating the recipes at their leisure. This implies that 
> your developers would get comfortable with basic Chef usage, but if 
> workstation setup is a one-shot deal this isn't strictly required.

We're using Chef for our servers, but we're also going to be using Chef for 
our development systems.  We'll install those machines just like regular 
servers (so that the developers get a working copy of a production system). 
but once we've done the initial install what we will be doing is removing the 
roles & recipes from the run_list that pertain to the development they're 
doing.

So, as I add new stuff to our "role[base]", it will get incorporated out onto 
all machines, both production and development, and those development machines 
will continue to stay current on the configuration for everything except what 
the developer is actually working on.

I do believe that this is the "best of both worlds" combination.

-- 
Brad Knowles 
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