[chef] Re: Chef Load on reboot

[Roland Moriz < >]

Am 12.05.2015 um 21:23 schrieb Hofmann, David < " class=""> >:

I’m curious how must people configure Chef to run when a server is reboot on linux. Do you use rc or create some kind of service file?

It depends. Why do you want to do it?

When you start chef-client via cron’s @reboot directive, as mentioned by Konstantin, you may knock out your chef-server, if e.g. you are rebooting a couple of nodes (like after a power outage…).

It looks like you either want to run chef using the regular chef-client init.d/runit setup with a splay (see https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/chef-client) or implicitly when deploying new instances (and apply a gate to limit the number of parallel request).

When my nodes reboot e.g. due to kernel upgrades, they usually don’t need an extra/immediate chef run… That’s why I’m curious about your scenario.

best regards

Roland