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Finally, create a file in
chef-repo/.chef
called
knife.rb
.
Example A-5
shows what our
knife.rb
file looks like; change the
node_name
and
client_key
fields in your version of the file to
match your username for
<username>.pem
. Also, if you used a different IP address for your
Chef Server, change the
chef_server_url
field accordingly.
Example A-5. chefdk/chef-repo/.chef/knife.rb
current_dir
=
File
.
dirname
(
__FILE__
)
log_level
:info
log_location
STDOUT
node_name
"misheska"
client_key
"
#{
current_dir
}
/misheska.pem"
validation_client_name
"chef-validator"
validation_key
"
#{
current_dir
}
/chef-validator.pem"
chef_server_url
"https://default-centos65.vagrantup.com:443"
cache_type
"BasicFile"
cache_options
(
:path
=>
"
#{
ENV
[
'HOME'
]
}
/.chef/checksums"
)
cookbook_path
[
"
#{
current_dir
}
/../cookbooks"
]
Once you have finished creating the
<user>.pem
,
chef-validator.pem
, and
knife.rb
files, your
chef-repo/.chef
directory should resemble the following:
chef-repo/.chef
├── chef-validator.pem
├── knife.rb
└── misheska.pem
The
.chef
directory now contains three important files:
▪
<username>.pem
▪
chef-validator.pem
▪
knife.rb
<username>
is the username you created in the Chef Server web admin tool. The
<user-
name>.pem
file is a unique identifier used to authenticate
you
against Chef Server. This
should be treated like a password; do not share it with anyone, and do not alter the contents
of the file.
The
chef-validator.pem
file is a unique identifier used to authenticate
your organization
against Chef Server. This should be treated like a password, but it must also be shared among
