newcreds.rb

# Save this as ~/.chef/newcreds.rb
# Add require_relative 'newcreds' to your ~/.chef/knife.rb
require 'tomlrb'
require 'pathname'

context_file = "#{Dir.home}/.chef/context"
credentials_file = "#{Dir.home}/.chef/credentials"

context = File.read(context_file).chomp if File.exist?(context_file)
profile_name = ENV["CHEF_PROFILE"] || context || "default"

conf = Tomlrb.load_file(credentials_file) if File.exist?(credentials_file)
conf ||= {}
profile = conf[profile_name] || {}

# Make relative pathnames relative to ~/.chef
unless Pathname.new(profile['client_key']).absolute?
  profile['client_key'] = File.expand_path("~/.chef/" + profile['client_key'])
end



%w(client_name client_key validator_key chef_server_url node_name).each do |k|
  ChefConfig::Config.send(k, profile[k]) if profile[k]
end