Set run list on Server or node

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Hi,

I wonder when I use knife to set a Node’s run list, knife build connection
with server or node to set its run list? Is “bootstrap -r” make use of the
same mechanism with “knife node run_list”?

Thanks.

Cheers,
Howard Zhang

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NodeObject is stored on chef-server so i dont think that knife actually
connects to the node instead of the server and read NodeObject.

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Alberto

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:37 AM, Howard Zhang howardzhanghaohua@gmail.comwrote:

Hi,

I wonder when I use knife to set a Node's run list, knife build connection
with server or node to set its run list? Is "bootstrap -r" make use of the
same mechanism with "knife node run_list"?

Thanks.

Cheers,
Howard Zhang

3

On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Howard Zhang wrote:

Hi,

I wonder when I use knife to set a Node's run list, knife build connection with server or node to set its run list? Is "bootstrap -r" make use of the same mechanism with "knife node run_list"?
No, when you bootstrap, it creates a JSON file on the remote box and passes -j /etc/chef/first-boot.json option to chef-client.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Howard Zhang

--
Daniel DeLeo

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What I know is that the two command, "knife bootstrap -r xxx" and "knife
node run_list set" is different. The first one is the bootstraped node tell
Chef server his run list, while the other is that knife tell Chef Server to
assign run list to certain node.

Howard

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Daniel DeLeo dan@kallistec.com wrote:

On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Howard Zhang wrote:

Hi,

I wonder when I use knife to set a Node's run list, knife build connection
with server or node to set its run list? Is "bootstrap -r" make use of the
same mechanism with "knife node run_list"?

No, when you bootstrap, it creates a JSON file on the remote box and
passes -j /etc/chef/first-boot.json option to chef-client.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Howard Zhang

--
Daniel DeLeo

5

The distinction is that when a new node starts up, Chef Server has no idea
of what the node is, nor its run_list.

As Dan stated, with bootstrap, a json file is placed on the node, and
chef-client references that file, runs Chef, and at the end of the
(completed) run, sends the details back to Chef Server (including the
run_list) for future use.

Using knife to set the run_list on existing nodes will affect their future
runs, as when chef-client starts, it asks Chef Server for its current
run_list.

-M

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Howard Zhang
howardzhanghaohua@gmail.comwrote:

What I know is that the two command, "knife bootstrap -r xxx" and "knife
node run_list set" is different. The first one is the bootstraped node tell
Chef server his run list, while the other is that knife tell Chef Server to
assign run list to certain node.

Howard

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Daniel DeLeo dan@kallistec.com wrote:

On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Howard Zhang wrote:

Hi,

I wonder when I use knife to set a Node's run list, knife build
connection with server or node to set its run list? Is "bootstrap -r" make
use of the same mechanism with "knife node run_list"?

No, when you bootstrap, it creates a JSON file on the remote box and
passes -j /etc/chef/first-boot.json option to chef-client.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Howard Zhang

--
Daniel DeLeo

6

Thanks for the detailed response.

Howard

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Mike miketheman@gmail.com wrote:

The distinction is that when a new node starts up, Chef Server has no idea
of what the node is, nor its run_list.

As Dan stated, with bootstrap, a json file is placed on the node, and
chef-client references that file, runs Chef, and at the end of the
(completed) run, sends the details back to Chef Server (including the
run_list) for future use.

Using knife to set the run_list on existing nodes will affect their future
runs, as when chef-client starts, it asks Chef Server for its current
run_list.

-M

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Howard Zhang <howardzhanghaohua@gmail.com

wrote:

What I know is that the two command, "knife bootstrap -r xxx" and "knife
node run_list set" is different. The first one is the bootstraped node tell
Chef server his run list, while the other is that knife tell Chef Server to
assign run list to certain node.

Howard

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Daniel DeLeo dan@kallistec.com wrote:

On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Howard Zhang wrote:

Hi,

I wonder when I use knife to set a Node's run list, knife build
connection with server or node to set its run list? Is "bootstrap -r" make
use of the same mechanism with "knife node run_list"?

No, when you bootstrap, it creates a JSON file on the remote box and
passes -j /etc/chef/first-boot.json option to chef-client.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Howard Zhang

--
Daniel DeLeo