[chef] Re: How do you manage multiple data centers

[geoffrey papilion < >]

We use a role per datacenter with attributes specific to the 
datacenter(proxy servers, nfs hosts, etc...). It works decently 
for us, and we still have a single prod environment.

//geoff

On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 04:15:02PM -0500, Sascha Bates wrote:
> I'm about to embark on the multiple part of my multi-datacenter
> automation project and am wondering how people are accomplishing
> this now?
> 
> I currently have environments that mimic code promotion:
> dev/test/prod whatever.
> 
> My production environment is only used to pin cookbook versions and
> that's how I ensure promotion is controlled, by bumping the version
> in my environment.
> 
> Now that I'm approaching a situation where I need to make some
> design decisions, I'm wondering how people are managing data that
> vary by location and how they feel about what they're doing.  I'm
> aware of most of the ways to do something like this: environments,
> roles, data bags, whatevs, so I'm not in need suggestions on what I
> should do, but am looking for how you like what YOU'RE doing.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sascha