[chef] Re: Any reason not to use chefdk on chef-solo instances in order to get Berkshelf support?

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Monday, December 29, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> I’m noting that Berkshelf, in particular, is awkward to compile into pure 
> chef client or chef-server deployments. Is there any reason not to simply 
> install and use ‘chefdk’ for chef-solo clients, and avoid the lengthy 
> compilation involved otherwise?
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> Nico Kadel-Garcia
> Lead DevOps Engineer
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You definitely can do that, and I’d recommend it if you’re, say, using berks 
and such in Ci as part of your acceptance process for changes to internal 
cookbooks. Just wondering, though, what does your workflow look like that you 
need berks everywhere?

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Daniel DeLeo