[chef] Re: Using Berkshelf 3 with multiple sources

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

On Sep 3, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Anton Koldaev 
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> Are there some good practices on using Chef with multiple sources?
> 
> Let's assume I have the following setup:
> 1. Private cookbooks repo
> - apt v0.0.1
> 2. supermarket.getchef.com
> - apt v0.0.2
> 3. Cookbook mycook depends on apt cookbook.
> 4. Both apt v0.0.1 and v0.0.2 are already installed(as dependencies of some 
> other cookbooks) in ~/.berkshelf/cookbooks
> 5. mycook/Berksfile:
> source 'my-private-repo'
> source 'supermarket'
> metadata
> 
> In such setup `berks install` from 'mycoook' cookbook will always be using 
> the highest available version found in ~/.berkshelf/cookbooks, in this case 
> it's apt v0.0.2. It doesn't care about the order of sources in Berksfile. I 
> understand why it happens but it doesn't suit me.
> 
> To make Berkshelf using apt v.0.0.1 I can:
> 1. remove apt 0.0.2 from ~/.berkshelf/cookbooks
> or
> 2. `berks vendor` cookbook in dir other than ~/.berkshelf/cookbooks
> or
> 3. specify private source for 'apt' cookbook in Berksfile
> or
> 4. specify v0.0.1 version for 'apt' cookbook in Berksfile
> 
> Since I have a lot of private cookbooks intersecting with community's 
> cookbooks specifying source or version in Berksfile for each dependent 
> cookbook is not a great idea.
> Options 1 and 2 require extra actions instead of simple `berks install`.
> 
> Is there a better way of handling such workflow?

You just have to run your own berks-api server that has both the community 
site and chef server sources configured. AFAIK Berks 3 only supports a single 
API server at a time right now, though this might change in the future.

--Noah

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