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Configuration files for chef-solo and knife, so they all use directories inside the chef repo, instead of default global pathes such as /etc, /var
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knife.rb
log_level :info
log_location STDOUT
node_name 'solo'
client_key File.expand_path('../solo.pem', __FILE__)
cache_type 'BasicFile'
cache_options( :path => File.expand_path('../checksums', __FILE__))
cookbook_path [ File.expand_path('../../cookbooks', __FILE__) ]
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solo.pem
You can generate this file using `ssh-keygen -f .chef/solo.pem`. It is really not used but must be here.
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solo.rb
node_name 'solo'
file_cache_path File.expand_path('../cache', __FILE__)
file_backup_path File.expand_path('../backup', __FILE__)
cookbook_path File.expand_path('../cookbooks', __FILE__)
role_path File.expand_path('../roles', __FILE__)
@MasseGuillaume
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glad I found this opscode documentation is confusing. They really want you to configure chef hosted or chef server !

@MasseGuillaume
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you should also add

data_bag_path File.expand_path('../data_bags', __FILE__)

it's really helpfull with https://github.com/thbishop/knife-solo_data_bag

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