[chef] Re: Multiple Chef Servers on Different Ports

[Bryan McLellan < >]

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:58 AM, mark bradley 
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 wrote:
> I have several git repos to manage changes to different environments (say
> DEV + PROD). Is it pretty straight-forward to run chef-server on different
> ports and have the DEV clients connect to the DEV port and PROD to the PROD
> port? Will I need to configure different rabbitmq queues and couchdb
> database for each one?
>
> If any has pointers to docs (Google hasn't help here) or has experience
> doing this I'd appreciate it.

I'd start here: 
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Chef+Configuration+Settings

The trick is that you'll need to be running two of everything. You can
make decisions like two couchdb servers or one with two databases, and
two rabbitmq servers or one with multiple vhosts? Theoretically you
can set all this. If you do it, I'd love to hear your success. I'd
personally just run two VMs because it leaves you with a more standard
installation that is easier to scale.

Bryan