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

["Roberto C. Morano" < >]

El 23/12/11 19:56, Bryan McLellan escribió:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Roberto C. 
> Morano<
>  >
>   wrote:
> > It could be a good idea, but I'm looking for a way to do it from the server.
> > I mean, that way I would have to modify my nodes' chef-client config every
> > time I'd like to add something new to the "default run list" instead of just
> > having it automatically replicated on every new node. This seems pretty
> > unmaintenable for me.
> I would put the run_list in a role, and put all the nodes in that role
> when they're created.
>
> Then you can centrally manage the role.

Right, that makes much more sense than what I said. I don't know what I 
was thinking :]

Thank you Bryan!

> > I'm thinking about running "chef-client -j" to add a default run list with
> > only one recipe that retrieve the real "default run list" from, for example,
> > a databag in the server.
> > It still sounds hacky to me, but at least I wouldn't have to modify my
> > nodes' chef-client config every time manually, just once.
> You could probably manage that json file as a cookbook_file or databag
> driven template. The next client run should pick it up. Ergh.
>
> Bryan


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