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

[Jay Pipes < >]

This is exactly what we do as well.

-jay

On 05/07/2013 05:31 PM, geoffrey papilion wrote:
> 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