Knife bootstrap custom client.rb config #183
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| Knife bootstrap currently only allows a select few `client.rb` parameters | ||
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| to be able to specify `client.rb` parameters that are not directly known | ||
| to knife bootstrap. |
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This RFC proposes a solution to allow users to pass bulk configuration data to knife bootstrap to be placed in the client.rb before the first chef-client run.
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| The `knife-bootstrap` command supports a small subset of possible parameters |
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I am the decider, and I approve this RFC. Take it away @chef/rfc-editors
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| switch `--client_d_dir`. The files will be loaded in alphabetical | ||
| order. Knife will still sync all files under `client.d`, however | ||
| only top-level files will the automatically loaded. The block to | ||
| do this would look something like: |
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we were talking in IRC today, the client_d directory should default to like #{Chef::Config[:config_dir]}/client.d" and should be a Chef::Config setting like Chef::Config[:client_d_dir] that you could override in your knife.rb or client.rb or whatever. but don't add a CLI arg like --client_d_dir unless we're convinced we need it.
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@chef/rfc-editors this looks decided, can you merge or should it be a topic at our next meeting? |
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@nathenharvey I was holding off to see if @btm's comment was addressed, and it appears it has. 😄 I will merge. |
Knife bootstrap custom client.rb config
Knife bootstrap currently only allows a select few
client.rbparametersto be specified during bootstrap. This RFC is an attempt to allow users
to be able to specify
client.rbparameters that are not directly knownto knife bootstrap.