Universal knife.rb

knife.rb

current_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
user_email  = %x{git config --get user.email}.chomp
user_name   = %x{git config --get user.name}.chomp
home_dir    = ENV['HOME'] || ENV['HOMEDRIVE']
org         = ENV['chef_org'] || 'my_org'

knife_override = "#{home_dir}/.chef/knife_override.rb"

chef_server_url          "https://localhost"
log_level                :info
log_location             STDOUT

# USERNAME is UPPERCASE in Windows, but lowercase in the Chef server,
# so `downcase` it.
node_name                ( ENV['USER'] || ENV['USERNAME'] ).downcase
client_key               "#{home_dir}/.chef/#{node_name}.pem"
cache_type               'BasicFile'
cache_options( :path => "#{home_dir}/.chef/checksums" )

# We keep our cookbooks in separate repos under a ~/chef/cookbooks dir
cookbook_path            ["#{current_dir}/../cookbooks", "#{current_dir}/../my-cookbooks"]
cookbook_copyright       "#{user_name} <#{user_email}>"
cookbook_license         "BSD"
cookbook_email           "#{user_email}"

#http_proxy               "http://webproxy.example.com:80"
#https_proxy              "http://webproxy.example.com:80"
#no_proxy                 "localhost, 10.*, *.example.com, *.dev.example.com"

# Allow overriding values in this knife.rb
Chef::Config.from_file(knife_override) if File.exist?(knife_override)