[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Chef in "Pure Infrastructure-As-Code" Mode?

[Dan Adams < >]

On 24.06.2012 19:07, Torben Knerr wrote:


> Oh, is there a standard place for nodes in the chef repo structure?
> Didn't know about that, so I added the $CHEF_REPO/nodes directory and
> placed the node info as .json files (like what you get with `knife
> node show -fjson`) there...

I don't know how standard it is, but we use /nodes to save node 
definitions in .rb format. You are able to manage nodes as .rb files, 
edit them and store them in git, and commit them and then you can then 
knife import them or whatever, all the same as you do with the 
cookbooks, environments etc. I'm sure some people use json, but its far 
easier as a human to work directly with the rb file and import from 
there.

I'm aware the documentation has something like 4-5 competing workflows 
lkisted for working with nodes, which is a bit confusing, and none of 
them are explained in full detail. But I find the above the easiest by 
far.

Cheers Dan