# Changing runlist of an active node

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/changing-runlist-of-an-active-node/3378>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [December 3, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/changing-runlist-of-an-active-node/3378 "2012-12-03T05:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_Bennett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/steve_bennett/32/646_2.png) [@Steve\_Bennett](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Steve_Bennett)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/changing-runlist-of-an-active-node/3378/1 "2012-12-03T05:09:51Z")

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Hi all,  
Maybe a dumb question 🙂 I did this:

1. Bootstrap node, setting run list
2. knife node run\_list add ‘role[provider]’
3. ssh into the node, ‘sudo chef-client’

It complained that the recipe for ‘provider’ didn’t exist on the node.

What’s the right way to do this? I can run bootstrap again (with the  
complete run list) but that seems heavy-handed: reinstalling Chef etc. What  
am I missing?

Thanks,  
Steve

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**Author:** ![Vladimir\_Girnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e19b73/32.png) [@Vladimir\_Girnet](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Vladimir_Girnet)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/changing-runlist-of-an-active-node/3378/2 "2012-12-03T08:24:49Z")

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Are the 'role[provider]' and it's run\_list recipes published to Chef Server?  
Show full exception, please.

On Dec 3, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:

> Hi all,  
> Maybe a dumb question 🙂 I did this:
> 
> 1. Bootstrap node, setting run list
> 2. knife node run\_list add 'role[provider]'
> 3. ssh into the node, 'sudo chef-client'
> 
> It complained that the recipe for 'provider' didn't exist on the node.
> 
> What's the right way to do this? I can run bootstrap again (with the complete run list) but that seems heavy-handed: reinstalling Chef etc. What am I missing?
> 
> Thanks,  
> Steve

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