[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: knife.rb aws configuration defaults

[Sachin Sagar Rai < >]

@Juan

I put the following as u said in my knife.rb file

identity_file "#{current_dir}/keys/ror.pem"

It just hang on for password. When providing -i ~/chef-app/ror.pem it doesn't ask.

I also tried the same for ssh_key "my-key" option, it also doesn't work either.

Waiting for sshd....done

Bootstrapping Chef on ec2-23-20-60-46.compute-1.amazonaws.com

Failed to authenticate ubuntu - trying password auth

Enter your password:

So, I think its not supported yet with the knife-ec2 plugin.

Or did I do something wrong setup?

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On Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Juan Jesús Ojeda Croissier wrote:

I think it's not really a bug, it's just the wrong way to set up at

the knife.rb file.

The EC2 plugin doesn't take the 'identity_file' from

'knife[:identity_file]' but 'config[:identity_file]', so it should be

defined like this at the knife.rb file:

identity_file "#{ENV['HOME']}/.ssh/my_ec2_key.pub"

With your identity_file's path, of course.

It should work for more attrs tha plugin need. Usually the attr name

is the long option, but without the 'knife[:]'.

I hope this help.

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Jessica Bourne < "> > wrote:

There is actually an open bug about how knife[:identity_file] can't be set

in knife.rb currently: http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/KNIFE_EC2-47

You can set this though by just adding the key to ssh, more information can

be found here in the

wiki: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Launch+Cloud+Instances+with+Knife#LaunchCloudInstanceswithKnife-SSHConfiguration

If this is set, you do not need to provide an identity file to knife as it

will automatically try this when connecting.

The knife-ec plugin's readme has some good info on what can be set in the

knife.rb with this plugin as

well: https://github.com/opscode/knife-ec2/blob/master/README.rdoc

Jessica

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:21 PM, AJ Christensen < "> > wrote:

The options you mentioned are available in long form style:

On 10 February 2012 08:45, Sachin Sagar Rai < "> > wrote:

As I have configured the `aws_access_key_id` in `.chef/knife.rb` as

follows:

    knife[:aws_access_key_id] = "SSSSS"

What are the equivalent for the following options? I googled it,

couldn't

found the precise one. Does knife ec2 plugin support?

    -i IDENTITY_FILE,                The SSH identity file used for

authentication

knife[:identity_file]

       --identity-file

    -x, --ssh-user USERNAME          The ssh username

knife[:ssh_user]

       --region REGION              Your AWS region

knife[:region]

   -G, --groups X,Y,Z               The security groups for this server

knife[:groups]

etc.

--AJ

   -S, --ssh-key KEY                The AWS SSH key id

   -V, --verbose                    More verbose output. Use twice for

max

verbosity

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