[chef] Re: using ip address for chef_server_url on /etc/chef/client.rb

[Anna Redding < >]

Santhosh,

I just encounters this very thing. 
Here is what I have done and it works:

In the client.rb file, I reference the chef server with the value 
"https://<IPaddr>

I am using 'knife vsphere vm clone' to create my VMs. 
 
In the VM template that I am cloning, I have added the Chef Server hostname 
and IPaddr to the /etc/hosts file.  

When the clone is created and the bootstrap (passed as option to knife 
vsphere) initiated, it is 
   - successfully resolving and connecting to the chef server, 
   - creating the node,  
   - kicking off the cookbook (passed using the runlist option to knife 
vsphere) 


Hope that helps

Anna




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On Feb 28, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Santhosh 
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 wrote:

> Hi, Using a hostname in etc/chef/client.rb for chef_server_url is not an 
> option for me, Hence I'm forced to use a ip address for my chef server. 
> Firstly , is this even allowed.?
> 
> Second, at some point the chef-client tries to reverse lookup the ip 
> address and tries to find the hostname(The DNS will return NXDOMAIN) and is 
> not working.
> 
> Can someone help me out.?
> 
> Santhosh