[chef] Re: Manage data bag dependencies?

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

On Nov 28, 2014, at 6:41 AM, Roland Moriz 
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 wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> some cookbooks require data bags and especially wrapper- and role cookbooks 
> tend to require a chain of (encrypted) data bags.
> AFAIK there is no way to describe the dependency/relationship of a 
> cookbooks to data bags, e.g., through some metadata.rb attribute.
> 
> This is a problem if you use chef-solo/knife-solo or a lot of different 
> chef-servers/organizations: You almost always forget to upload/create data 
> bags and need to debug it by hand.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Stop using data bags and use cookbooks instead. You can use recipes and 
resources to the same effect.

--Noah

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