I have a folder "root-folder" which contains two custom cookbooks.
- root-folder
\
-this-cookbook
-that-cookbook
I can cd into and run either cookbook directly
for example: chef-client -z -o this-cookbook -j ../config.json
Really I want to be able to cd into root-folder and run
chef-client -z -o "this-cookbook, that-cookbook" -j config.json
but that doesn't work. Is it possible?
You have several options but the easiest will be to put the cookbooks in a directory called cookbooks.
- root-folder
\
- cookbooks
\
-this-cookbook
-that-cookbook
And then run chef-client from the root-folder.
Reference: https://docs.chef.io/ctl_chef_client.html#run-in-local-mode
Also -o specifies a run-list override so your current command won't work. It will need to be something like this:
-o 'recipe[this-cookbook],recipe[that-cookbook]'
Reference: https://docs.chef.io/run_lists.html