[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Chef repository usage...

[Joshua Timberman < >]

Ohai,

On Jul 23, 2012, at 11:56 PM, Torben Knerr wrote:

> @Bryan: I thought that `rake install` would not only upload all
> cookbooks but also all the other stuff in the chef repo (databags,
> roles, environments) via the REST API...?

There are rake tasks that basically call knife to upload things to the Chef 
Server, but for the most part, several of the rake tasks are pretty much 
considered deprecated by the knife commands that replace them, as Bryan said 
we just haven't removed or otherwise done anything with the rake tasks.

    rake databag:create[databag]
    rake databag:create_item[databag,item]
    rake databag:upload[databag]
    rake databag:upload_all

Replaced with "knife data bag from file" or "knife data bag from file -a" 
(Chef 0.10.10+, via CHEF-1912)

    rake default
    rake test_cookbook[cookbook]
    rake test_cookbooks

Replaced with "knife cookbook test" or "knife cookbook test -a".

    rake install

No single replacement, other than the various knife commands.

    rake metadata

Replaced with "knife cookbook metadata".

    rake new_cookbook

Replaced with "knife cookbook create".

    rake role[role_name]
    rake roles

Replaced with "knife role from file ROLE1.rb ROLE2.rb ROLE3.rb ...".

    rake upload_cookbook[cookbook]
    rake upload_cookbooks

Replaced with "knife cookbook upload" or "knife cookbook upload -a".

The `knife-essentials` gem also provides overlapping functionality. As 
mentioned, install the gem and check it out and see if you find it useful.

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