[chef] Re: Chef Server 11 Backup / Restore

[Todd Bushnell < >]

FWIW, I also found this knife-backup plugin quite useful:  http://www.ducea.com/2013/03/04/knife-backup/.  

I preferred that it backed up and restored all cookbook versions; not just the latest.  If you don't necessarily want "all the history" you can clean-up with knife-cleanup plugin before proceeding with knife-backup.  He details this process in the link above.  Cheers.  

::toddmichael

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Steven Barre < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Ohai!

I'm starting to move some of our operations into the cloud and want to start using chef to manage the instances. But first I need a proper backup / recovery plan for my chef-server. All the directions I can find are for Chef 10 and the CouchDB, not for v11.

Anyone aware of a good tutorial on how / what to back up? And how to restore and get running again.

I understand the cookbooks and databags should be in version control, but the node data / keys and such is a different matter.

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