[chef] Re: Which knife.rb?

[Elvin Abordo < >]

Its the knife.rb file that was a result of executing knife configure on your local workstation. Its the same knife.rb where (hopefuly) you configured your cookbook path. 

On Saturday, March 16, 2013,   wrote:
> I'm attempting to bootstrap an EC2 instance and following the guide here:
> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/EC2+Bootstrap+Fast+Start+Guide#EC2BootstrapFastStartGuide-Step2:ConfigureAWSsettingsandtheknife.rbfile
>
> One thing I'm a bit confused with is it says;
>
> Add your AWS Cloud Credentials to the bottom of your knife.rb:
> knife[:aws_access_key_id]     = "Your AWS Access Key"
> knife[:aws_secret_access_key] = "Your AWS Secret Access Key"
>
> Now, I've done a search of my file system and I can see a number of knife.rb
> files;
>
> ./embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/spec/support/shared/functional/knife.rb
> ./embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/application/knife.rb
> ./embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/chef_fs/knife.rb
> ./embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.0/lib/chef/knife.rb
>
> So my question is simply which one do I add the aws secret keys to?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> John


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