#chef

gromble: you can run knife in debug but it could be the permissions on the ssh key

could be

I wonder if the --host-key-verify flag on bootstrap would work

also relative paths don't always work

or if there is a --no-ssh-password flag

yeah, I was desperate with that relative path

well by default it'll try to do key, password is fallback

so likely something wrong with key

it was the path

I gave it the full path and it found the key

I'd used ssh-add to add that key so I didn't have to put it in ssh every time

Let me try running without the -i flag and see if it works

AND WE HAVE A WINNER

FINAL COMMAND :

knife bootstrap elastic_ip -x ubuntu --sudo --node-name node1 --run-list 'recipe[app_name]'

That works

without throwing an error

my ssh key was added into my .ssh setup using ssh-add, so I didn't have to specify the key

right, it'll use system stuff if it's there

whew. That was absolutely obnoxious. I've been trying things and reading docs for most of the day. On the bright side, it's efforts like this that ensure that you Don't Forget how to do it

Thank you, cheeseplus

sometimes it just takes another set of eyes

Now that I got the simple case in, let me try scripting an ec2 instance install on the fly

:-)

I think bootstrap has flags for that. I saw them while I was pawing through docs today.

And, I think the Learn Chef documentation on the bootstrap a node needs a wee tad of work to make those flags just a bit clearer

Do you guys know if there's somewhere I can drop a line to the doc maintainer for that site?

gromble: well in the learnchef material we give you your own instane

to mitigate exactly this kind of issue

instance*

that's true, it just kept crapping out on me

so the example you were borrowing from didn't fit the use case but they do take feedback on the site

true. However, I have to say, going through it the hard way actually makes me understand what's going on under the covers more

Thanks again.

oh certainly

yea they have a feedback form for docs is right there on the site Q&A

er learn chef

Thanks, I'll drop them a line. But make it clear that I was not using the provided instance so I probably shot myself in the foot.

Hi, is it possible to assign multiple roles when using chef-solo?

Hi z0mbix, if you use a later version then you can get multiple roles in chef-solo

http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/provisioning/chef_... mentions it here

Hi gromble, I am new to use chef and I would like to use chef-solo in my next projects with Vagrant, Can you indicate me a good doc about chef-solo + vagrant for beginners?

hmm, I'm kind of new to chef myself. I just found that document that mentioned you need something more than chef 11.0.8

well, there's this one: https://adamcod.es/2013/01/15/vagrant-is-easy-c...