[chef] Re: Re: Re: Chef-Solo to Chef-Zero

["Durfee, Bernie (GE Global Research)" < >]

Thanks Mathias!

I like this and am going to use it. But from what I understand chef-solo
is going to be replaced at some point by chef-client running in local mode.

Are there plans to get chef-runner working with chef-client local mode?


Bernie




On 9/2/14, 5:15 PM, "Mathias Lafeldt" 
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>That's exactly the workflow chef-runner was made for:
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>https://github.com/mlafeldt/chef-runner
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>The tools prepares all cookbooks locally using e.g. Berkshelf, uploads
>them to the server via rsync (very fast), and finally runs Chef Solo.
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>-Mathias
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>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:12 PM, Daniel DeLeo 
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>> On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Durfee, Bernie (GE Global
>>Research) wrote:
>>> A common workflow I use isŠ
>>>
>>> 1. Change my cookbook
>>> 2. Run Œberks package¹ to build a complete tarball of my cookbook with
>>>all dependencies
>>> 3. SCP to a server
>>> 4. Run Œsudo chef-solo -o ³recipe[my-fancy-cookbook::default]" -r
>>>cookbooks-1409688848.tar.gz¹ to test the cookbook
>>> 5. Repeat
>>>
>>> Is this workflow possible with chef-client in local mode? Can I pass
>>>chef-client a tarball that was created by the Œberks package¹ command?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> You¹d probably use `berks vendor` to get your cookbook set into a
>>directory and rsync that over instead of shipping a tar archive. You¹d
>>have the same basic flow, slightly different commands.
>>
>> --
>> Daniel DeLeo
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