[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Knife Bootstrap for installing anf configuring chef client

[GOUTAM CHIRANIA < >]

Thanks a lot Jeremiah.. :)

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Jeremiah Snapp
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 wrote:
> "knife bootstrap" is run from a system (typically a management
> workstation) that already has chef-client installed and configured
> correctly.  "knife bootstrap" is used to install chef-client on other
> systems (nodes).  During the bootstrap process it uses the information
> from your management workstation to correctly configure chef-client on
> the node getting bootstrapped.
>
> The rpms you are using are very out of date but if you want to
> continue down that path for now then I would log into your chef-server
> and install chef-client using these instructions.
>
> http://blog.frameos.org/2011/11/04/installing-chef-client-from-rbel-in-rhelcentos/
>
> Then you should be able to run the following command to configure
> knife on your chef-server.  You may need to run it as root.  You can
> change chef.admin and '~/chef-repo' to whatever you want.
> cd ~
> knife configure -i --defaults -u chef.admin -r ~/chef-repo
> knife client list
>
> Knife should query the server and display 'chef.admin' as proof that
> it's working.
>
> On your workstation you should just use the chef-client install script
> found at http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/ to install chef-client.
>
> Then you can copy the ~/.chef directory from your chef-server to your
> management workstation.  You will also need to copy the
> /etc/chef/validation.pem file from your chef-server to your ~/.chef
> directory on your workstation.  You will need to modify the paths and
> probably the url in ~/.chef/knife.rb on your workstation.  Now run
> 'knife client list' from your workstation and see if it works.
>
> Now you should be able to run 'knife bootstrap' from your workstation
> to bootstrap other systems (nodes).
>
> This new blog post might help you if you'd rather not use frameos.org's 
> rpm's.
> http://jtimberman.housepub.org/blog/2012/11/17/install-chef-10-server-on-centos/