[chef] Strange delay between bootstrapping hosts

[Justin Franks < >]

Strange delay between bootstrapping hosts.

Want to know where to look. Any ideas? 

Here is the problem:

We have two Openstack deployments/builds. OpenstackX and OpenstackY

If I do this on OpenstackX it completes the bootstrap and chef run ~1 min 43 seconds:

time knife openstack server create -N justinblahblah -f 958e7841-a90d-45ff-acf8-8a9c946bc5fe -S justin-openstack -G justin --network-ids c60e802c-516d-42f8-8b01-d9b120f245a9 --bootstrap-network dev-1-private-1a -i ~/.ssh/justin-openstack.pem -r <insert runlistA>

If I do the same thing on OpenstackY it completes the bootstrap and chef run in ~5min 30 seconds

time knife openstack server create -N justinblahblah -f 958e7841-a90d-45ff-acf8-8a9c946bc5fe -S justin-openstack -G justin --network-ids c60e802c-516d-42f8-8b01-d9b120f245a9 --bootstrap-network dev-1-private-1a -i ~/.ssh/justin-openstack.pem -r <insert runlistA>​

Yes, the Openstack environments are a bit different. But data transfer testing in both environments to same Chef server reveals fast performance. Any ideas on where to look to find where the delays are coming?

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Justin Franks
Lead Operations Engineer
SaaS, Cloud, Data Centers & Infrastructure
Lithium Technologies, Inc
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