[chef] chef 10.12 slower?

[John Alberts < >]

Anyone else notice chef 10.12 release being significantly slow just on startup compared to 10.10?

  ~]# time /opt/chef/bin/chef-client -h
Usage: /opt/chef/bin/chef-client (options)
    -S, --server CHEFSERVERURL       The chef server URL
    -k, --client_key KEY_FILE        Set the client key file location
    -c, --config CONFIG              The configuration file to use
    -d, --daemonize                  Daemonize the process
    -E, --environment ENVIRONMENT    Set the Chef Environment on the node
    -g, --group GROUP                Group to set privilege to
    -i, --interval SECONDS           Run chef-client periodically, in seconds
    -j JSON_ATTRIBS,                 Load attributes from a JSON file or URL
        --json-attributes
    -l, --log_level LEVEL            Set the log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal)
    -L, --logfile LOGLOCATION        Set the log file location, defaults to STDOUT - recommended for daemonizing
    -N, --node-name NODE_NAME        The node name for this client
        --once                       Cancel any interval or splay options, run chef once and exit
    -o RunlistItem,RunlistItem...,   Replace current run list with specified items
        --override-runlist
    -P, --pid PIDFILE                Set the PID file location, defaults to /tmp/chef-client.pid
    -s, --splay SECONDS              The splay time for running at intervals, in seconds
    -u, --user USER                  User to set privilege to
    -K, --validation_key KEY_FILE    Set the validation key file location, used for registering new clients
    -v, --version                    Show chef version
    -h, --help                       Show this message

real	0m10.072s
user	0m9.919s
sys	0m0.175s

  ~]# rpm -qa | grep chef
chef-10.12.0-1.el6.x86_64

versus

  ~]# time /opt/opscode/bin/chef-client -h
Usage: /opt/opscode/bin/chef-client (options)
    -S, --server CHEFSERVERURL       The chef server URL
    -k, --client_key KEY_FILE        Set the client key file location
    -c, --config CONFIG              The configuration file to use
    -d, --daemonize                  Daemonize the process
    -E, --environment ENVIRONMENT    Set the Chef Environment on the node
    -g, --group GROUP                Group to set privilege to
    -i, --interval SECONDS           Run chef-client periodically, in seconds
    -j JSON_ATTRIBS,                 Load attributes from a JSON file or URL
        --json-attributes
    -l, --log_level LEVEL            Set the log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal)
    -L, --logfile LOGLOCATION        Set the log file location, defaults to STDOUT - recommended for daemonizing
    -N, --node-name NODE_NAME        The node name for this client
        --once                       Cancel any interval or splay options, run chef once and exit
    -override-runlist RunlistItem,RunlistItem...
                                     Replace current run list with specified items
    -P, --pid PIDFILE                Set the PID file location, defaults to /tmp/chef-client.pid
    -s, --splay SECONDS              The splay time for running at intervals, in seconds
    -u, --user USER                  User to set privilege to
    -K, --validation_key KEY_FILE    Set the validation key file location, used for registering new clients
    -v, --version                    Show chef version
    -h, --help                       Show this message

real	0m1.342s
user	0m1.188s
sys	0m0.140s

  ~]# rpm -qa | grep chef
chef-full-0.10.10-1




-- 
John Alberts