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Workflow

Edit cookbooks, role

Edit cookbook or role on your chef repo. Don't forget update its version.

Upload them to a Chef server

% knife cookbook upload [cookbook]
% knife role from file [file e.g. roles/ssh_known_hosts.rb]

Apply changes to environment (when you update version of cookbook)

Dry run at first:

% knife environment from file environments/prod.rb --dry-run

Then do it:

% knife environment from file environments/prod.rb

Add role to node

% knife node run_list add node_name "role[rolename]"