Switch to Policyfile #78

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greg · 2019-07-04T09:39:54Z

greg commented

2019-07-04 09:39:54 +00:00

knife-solo is deprecated (https://github.com/matschaffer/knife-solo), and I have just had an issue with an old attribute being persisted into the node file for barnard in my home directory on barnard (~/chef-solo/nodes/barnard.kosmos.org.json) that was hard to figure out

A Policyfile is an optional way to manage role, environment, and community cookbook data with a single document that is uploaded to the Chef Infra Server. The file is associated with a group of nodes, cookbooks, and settings. When these nodes perform a Chef Infra Client run, they utilize recipes specified in the Policyfile run-list.

https://docs.chef.io/config_rb_policyfile.html

We might be able to use chef-run together with Policyfile to replicate our current knife-solo setup

knife-solo is deprecated (https://github.com/matschaffer/knife-solo), and I have just had an issue with an old attribute being persisted into the node file for barnard in my home directory on barnard (`~/chef-solo/nodes/barnard.kosmos.org.json`) that was hard to figure out > A Policyfile is an optional way to manage role, environment, and community cookbook data with a single document that is uploaded to the Chef Infra Server. The file is associated with a group of nodes, cookbooks, and settings. When these nodes perform a Chef Infra Client run, they utilize recipes specified in the Policyfile run-list. > > https://docs.chef.io/config_rb_policyfile.html We might be able to use [chef-run](https://www.chef.sh/docs/chef-workstation/chef-run-users-guide/) together with Policyfile to replicate our current knife-solo setup

greg referenced this issue from a commit

2019-08-23 16:41:18 +00:00

WIP: Add initial Policyfiles Policyfiles take care of dependency resolution and run lists, replacing environments and roles (see https://docs.chef.io/policyfile.html) The lock files were generated using [Chef Workstation](https://downloads.chef.io/chef-workstation/0.8.7) using the `chef install policies/POLICY.rb` for each policy. Refs #78

greg commented

2019-09-05 16:20:42 +00:00

In my experience chef-run is far from ready: error messages are cryptic, I can't find a way to set a policy group (replaces environments) or to load data bag items, which is a deal breaker

Policyfile seem to be well supported when using Chef Server by now, but without one it is hard to work with. I would put this issue on hold until a tool that supports Policyfiles without a Chef Server is released, because running Chef Server for only two servers is overkill.

In my experience `chef-run` is far from ready: error messages are cryptic, I can't find a way to set a policy group (replaces environments) or to load data bag items, which is a deal breaker Policyfile seem to be well supported when using Chef Server by now, but without one it is hard to work with. I would put this issue on hold until a tool that supports Policyfiles without a Chef Server is released, because running Chef Server for only two servers is overkill.

raucao added this to the (deleted) milestone 2019-09-09 10:21:32 +00:00

raucao commented

2019-09-09 10:22:25 +00:00

OK. Created an icebox milestone for things on hold.

greg changed title from ~~Switch to Policyfile, replace knife-solo~~ to Switch to Policyfile

2019-10-11 09:20:11 +00:00

greg removed this from the (deleted) milestone 2019-10-11 09:20:21 +00:00

greg commented

2019-10-11 09:21:12 +00:00

I have removed this one from the Icebox and changed its title, Knife-Zero supports Policyfile: https://knife-zero.github.io/tips/with_policyfile/

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