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

[Santhosh < >]

Anna, I'm glad it worked for you, but no luck here. Had to look at the chef code for a couple of hours and I've found the fix , finally

misconceptions:
* there is no reverse dns lookup's that chef-client is doing.

workflow:
* when we run chef-server reconfigure for the first time , it configures(server_name) and identifies as what is given by the hostname (if given)
* So, I just told the chef-server (using /etc/chef-server/chef-server.rb to use server_name as my public ip) and ran reconfigure again.
* Magic!

Few more questions:
* what are the ramifications of running a chef-server reconfigure after we have setup a bunch of nodes. Do i have to edit/modify any of my nodes.?

Regards
Santhosh
 On 3/1/2014 1:23 AM, Anna Redding wrote:

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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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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