nodes/ folder - documentation about knife-zero

[sawanoboly]

Please try edit files in nodes/ to update run_list directly.
It will be kept after converge.

Is this the kind of thing that you wanted to know?

[sawanoboly]

F.Y.I http://docs.chef.io/nodes.html#node-objects

There are no difference between chef-server's node and nodes/ folder.

[patcon]

We can do it martin, but the node object is very noisy and edits makes environments less reproducible, so I made efforts to make it unnecessary to edit it. I would consider changes made at the node level an anti-pattern that we should avoid if possible

[patcon]

But if we need to, best to use knife node edit example.com, and make changes only at "normal" level of precendence. (As mentioned here, that command filters out the other precendence levels for clarity. But again, I'm currently considering this an anti-pattern, at least in our setups.)

EDIT: knife node edit blah.com --all shows the whole node object. This might be better than direct edit with emacs as there's the added benefit of doing json checks before saving

[sawanoboly]

Thank you for detailed teaching @patcon . It had been optimistic that when he try it, he will know.

[patcon]

@sawanoboly Maybe we could start a wiki on this repo with recommendations as we figure out best practices?

Also, I'm planning to use knife-skeleton (with this feature PR) to make a skeleton of our starter chef-repo for starting projects. Might be something helpful for us all to collaborate on :)

(To clarify, I am contracting with @mrjcleaver, but it could be done on my own time too, depending on how he feels about it)

[sawanoboly]

@patcon
You probably noticed that I don't have English force enough, So if I make some mistakes and delays , please be patient.

I had been writing usage on my blog or others, But it's written in Japanese 😓
I agree with stating create document at wiki or github pages (such like the knife-solo, the Serverspec).
Then, would you mind if I added you to collaborators for this Repo or documentation Repo?

[patcon]

Yes, please do :) Thanks!

[sawanoboly]

@patcon I've created new issue #49 .

@mrjcleaver Could I close this ( #47 ) issue ?

[sawanoboly]

http://knife-zero.github.io/20_getting_started/