Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of ChefonDETER

Timestamp:

Jul 9, 2014 11:30:58 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

Geoff Lawler

Comment:

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ChefonDETER

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 There are 3 components to Chef: a server, a set of clients, and a set of workstations. The server is, well, the server - it handles requests from clients and workstations; it is the central organizing component of the system. The workstation is where Chef code is written. Think of it as a development or OPs workstation. The client(s) are the nodes that are configured/controlled. All three components need to run Chef sofware: the server runs chef server suite, the clients run {{{chef-client}}}, and the workstation runs git and a suite of chef scripts around git called {{{knife}}} that interact with a chef (git) repository and a chef server. 
 
-The workflow for a running system is recipes, roles, and chef code is written on a workstation and added to a chef repository. The person on the workstation then pushes updates to the chef server. The client then contacts the chef server for updates, gets the updates, and applies them locally.  
+The workflow for a running system is recipes, roles, and chef code is written on a workstation and added to a chef repository. The person on the workstation then pushes updates to the chef server. The client then contacts the chef server for updates, gets the updates, and applies them locally. {{{Knife}}}, on a workstation, can also install Chef-client (and other packages) directly on a client. If this is done the flow becomes: 1) workstation pushes update to the server, 2) the workstation installs Chef on a client and gives it an initial role or list of recipes, 3) the newly installed {{{chef-client}}} then contacts the chef server and downloads the recipes and executes them, configuring the client node.
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  * Chef Server