[chef] Re: Question about chef server as a node

[Greg Lappen < >]

Thanks for the reply! Can you expand on what you mean by "base role stuff"?  Is monitoring included in that?

On Saturday, May 4, 2013, Christopher Armstrong  wrote:

This is what we do - I have a role for our Chef server which sets up a backup cron and handles other base role stuff. The chef server is self-contained, so you can safely install and bootstrap the Chef client just as you would on any other node. 

On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Greg Lappen < ');" target="_blank"> > wrote:

Hello,

I am just learning the ropes with chef - I have setup a chef server and some nodes under VirtualBox to get familiar a bit, and one question I have is whether it's common to have  your chef server also be a node.  Let's say I also want to install munin for monitoring my nodes, and I want munin server to run on the same machine as chef server, and I want to use the munin opscode recipe to do so….can I make my chef server a node and install it that way, or is it preferable to have a dedicated machine just for chef and not try to put other monitoring or utility processes on that machine?

Thanks for listening!

Greg