Chef 12 Knife Configure

Profile support since chef 13 7.

Chef 12 knife configure.

This happens through a process called bootstrapping in which the chef client executable is installed on the new computer and the organizational validator key is passed along as well. With our chef server and workstation configured we can begin using chef to configure new servers within our infrastructure. You are viewing the archived doc set 05 16 2016 chef client 12 10 return to the archive. Chef knife configure chef 12 idzzy 10 06 2014 chef re.

Knife profiles provide an alternative to using the config rb files for configuring your knife client. Knife configure use the knife. This page is about. Knife configure chef 12 idzzy 10 06 2014.

Bootstrapping a new node with knife. Provide feedback on chef documentation. Use the knife configure subcommand to create the knife rb and client rb files so that they can be distributed to workstations and nodes. The path to the validation key used by the client typically a file named chef validator pem.

Note see config rb for more information about how to add certain knife options as settings in the config rb file. This makes it easier to switch knife between multiple chef infra servers or between multiple organizations on the same chef infra server.