[chef] Re: Managing user dotfiles under chef -- as files?

[Larry Wright < >]

It's not clear whether each person has their own distinct configurations, or if they are all a common configuration. If it's the former, perhaps try putting each person's configuration in a separate Git repo and pulling it in in a cookbook. If it's the latter, I have typically just had a recipe that lays down these files using cookbook_file. 

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Larry Wright

On Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Edward Morbius wrote:

We're developing a chef repo, one component of which is managing a

small set of users (admins and engineers) from within chef.

Our current method of deploying various dotfiles and config files

(.vimrc, .screenrc, etc.) serialized within a json file. Which works.

But it's not particularly amenable to editing those files (we could

unpack and repack them of course).

I've done some searching but don't see an established M.O. for

handling user files _as files_ within Chef.

Is this advisable?

If not, is there a better method for doing so?

Am I barking up the wrong giraffe?

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Dr. Ed Morbius

Chief Scientist / Philologist / Robot Wrangler / Powerplant Operator

Krell Power Systems Unlimited