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Is there an easy way to bootstrap Arch Linux using chef?
I'm aware that Arch Linux is not supported by chef.io, but is there anyway to bootstrap Arch Linux nodes using knife bootstrap?
I have tried the same command I use in Debian machines, but I get an ...
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Access Denied Error when executing VBoxManage during Test Kitchen's kitchen converge Ubuntu 22
I am encountering an error while trying to execute the kitchen converge command in Test Kitchen (v3.1.0) for my infrastructure testing. The error occurs during the creation of a virtual machine using ...
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scp error: unexpected filename . / n00b dealing with Chef on Ubuntu
I am very new to the Ops world, like really really new so often what I do might feel like copy/pasting and I wouldn't know what command means what and what an argument is, so please bear with my ...
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linux knife (chef) proxy
I have
chef_server_url 'https://192.168.1.1/organizations/orgname'
in my
.chef/knife.rb
along with
knife[:bootstrap_proxy] = "http://172.16.1.254:3128/"
knife[:http_proxy] = "http://172.16.1.254:...
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I have ruby installed greater than 2.3.0 but it says requires greater than 2.3.0 for i18n to be installed
I have ruby version 2.5.1p57 when ran ruby -v command.
While installing a cookbook which requires i18n, it throws error
i18n requires Ruby version >= 2.3.0.
Though the ruby version is greater ...
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How exactly do I run my first, auto-generated 'chef' cookbook on Windows?
I'm very inexperienced with Windows. I'm trying to set up Chef, such that I can avoid duplicating a bunch of "initial setup tasks" everytime I install Windows on a machine, as a developer (enable ...
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How to solve "Fog::Compute::AWS::Error: RequestLimitExceeded => Request limit exceeded." when executing a Chef cookbook
I am not an expert in Chef. I am trying to deploy a network infrastructure on AWS. When I execute the cookbook that I uploaded to my Chef Server using knife, a lot of API requests are made to AWS to ...
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How do you improve the performance of the ChefDK on Windows 10?
In the past, I've installed the ChefDK on Windows 7 and it ran fairly quickly. Recently, I installed a new version of the ChefDK on Windows 10 Professional 64-bit on a powerful laptop, yet virtually ...
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Roles missing in Chef Manager, but present when roles listed in console
I created a series of roles directly in Chef Manager. When I refreshed the page, the roles were gone. They are still on the server, as shown when I run the knife role list command in ChefDK.
Is there ...
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Which tool is suitable for synchronizing 40+ machines [closed]
I have approximately 40 arm devices running debian on the internet with known - dynamic - ip addresses. They have limited bandwidth (on 3g mobile, with a piad data plan) I do have ssh access. ...
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Cannot copy .DLL files using cookbook_file in chef on windows
I am using chef to create setup files for a local build on windows 10 (e.g, using ChefDK with chef-client -z -o win10-setup).
I want to use cookbook_file or remote_directory to copy *.dll files which ...
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Can people automate Windows apps installation?
I understand a Linux application installation can be automated through a script, but I am not so sure if this is true in Windows world. Here I have specific scenario.
I want to install Word onto a ...
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Configure Windows Creators Update Night Light via Registry
How can the new Night Light feature in Windows 10 (Pro) Creators Update be configured via the registry?
I'd like to auto configure new/updated installations when using my configuration management ...
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Chef 12 CentOS 6.6 No candidate version available
I'me trying to install a custom package from a custom repo. The chef-client run is giving me this error:
No candidate version available for ruby-2.3.3
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How can I efficiently force VirtualBox to use /dev/shm for all VM files?
SuperUsers. I want to preserve the life of my laptop's SSD drive. I make heavy use of Vagrant, Chef, and Virtualbox. I'm using Test Kitchen w/ Vagrant to run my infrastructure code tests. I am ...
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