[chef] Re: Incomplete search results

[Jesse Nelson < >]

You could be running into the max_field length bug[1] which might be
preventing nodes from being indexed. Also I've seen indexer puke In
cases where a node was shoving some terrible xml into attributes the
indexer, but not since chef 0.8 iirc.

[1] http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Jason J. W. Williams
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 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got a search ("recipes:nrpe*") that seems to only be  returning
> most but not all nodes with "nrpe::default" in their recipes
> attribute. Both the returned nodes and the missing nodes have the nrpe
> recipe in their run list via the same role. When I go into the Chef
> WebUI and drill into the nodes missing from the search, they correctly
> show nrpe as being in the recipes attribute. I've rebuild the index
> and have the same results.
>
> Any pointers are greatly appreciated.
>
> -J