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

[Jeremiah Snapp < >]

You need to change your url in ~/.chef/knife.rb.  It has to point to
your chef-server.  Right now it's pointing to localhost.

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:05 PM, GOUTAM CHIRANIA
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> Hi,
>
> while using knife bootstraping it fails out with these errors could
> you please in to it . i've attached the file
>
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:19 PM, GOUTAM CHIRANIA
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>  wrote:
>> 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 The rpms you are using are very out of date but if you want to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/