simple script that helps when working on a chef recipe using rackspace

rebuild_server.sh

NODE=$1;
SERVER=$2;

knife cookbook upload -a;

ID=`knife rackspace server list | grep $SERVER | awk '{print $1}'`;

knife rackspace server delete $ID;
knife node delete -y $NODE;
knife client delete -y $NODE;

sleep 5;
# create the server
knife rackspace server create -f 1 -i 49 -N $SERVER $NODE;