how to set the databag secret file to upload ?

[chef-boneyard]

how to set the databag secret file to upload ?

[paulczar]

knife rackspace server create -r 'recipe[lolomg::default]' --server-name \
 test --node-name test --image '255df5fb-e3d4-45a3-9a07-c976debf7c14' \
 --flavor 'performance1-2' --environment 'testing' —network 'lolomg_network'

[martinb3]

Hi @paulczar,

I'd remove the tilde in the path. I'm not sure that works. You can also try one of these arguments (from knife help bootstrap) which should do the same thing:

       --secret SECRET
              The encryption key that is used for values contained within a data bag item.

       --secret-file FILE
              The path to the file that contains the encryption key.

Hope this helps,

@martinb3

[paulczar]

the only setting that works for me is this depreciated setting in my knife.rb: encrypted_data_bag_secret "#{ENV["HOME"]}/.chef/lol_secret"

using --secret-file doesn't upload the file for me.

[vikramgorla]

--secret-key works for me.
P.S: secret file passed using this attribute will be copied to default encrypted_data_bag_secret location on server (/etc/chef/encrypted_data_bag_secret ).