[chef] "Cluster" Management

["Stewart, Curtis" < >]

We’re running a deployment of 3 rails app servers, and we only need one to run the database setup.

What’s the best solution for allowing Chef to determine which app should run the db:setup?

Is it safe to run a search for ‘role:app’, then only run db:setup if current node is first node?  We can even sort the search response to make sure it’s always the same ordered response.

I’d love to hear your suggestions!

Thanks,

Curtis