chef - Adding role to node does not work -

I'm following the exact syntax, but looking at some strange behavior by adding a role to one of my nodes

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But instead it should run the following command that ideally works - the web server should be added to the do_node

 
  Run list: recipe [roles]:  Knife node run_list add_node ' 
 
 Mikaan:  

My workstation Win7 Machine & amp; Using hosted chef several times tried but only one thing was tried verbose output which does not appear completely!

What's happening is that

  role [webserver]  

is defined as a globe and it is completing the 'roles' directory in your chef directory. Thus, from the perspective of the knife, you have entered:

  knife node run_list add_node roles  

for the 'recipe [roles]' Generally, single quotes evoke such type of globing, but I have seen the issue of problem with Mingav. You can confirm that this is a problem trying to add a role that does not match any folder in your current directory:

  Add knife node run_list do_node 'role [ Foo] ' 

The best way to quote your original order depends on your shell and terminal setup, but you can try the following:

  Add knife node run_list add_node "role [webserver]" ''  

or

  add knife node run_list do_node "'roll [webserver]'"  

with no double-quotes on the list item outside

In Chef Issue Tracker many errors have been recorded against it: Here is one: