def autoconfigure(base_path=None):
"""Try to find a knife or chef-client config file to load parameters from,
starting from either the given base path or the current working directory.
The lookup order mirrors the one from Chef, first all folders from the base
path are walked back looking for .chef/knife.rb, then ~/.chef/knife.rb,
and finally /etc/chef/client.rb.
The first file that is found and can be loaded successfully will be loaded
into a :class:`ChefAPI` object.
"""
base_path = base_path or os.getcwd()
# Scan up the tree for a knife.rb or client.rb. If that fails try looking
# in /etc/chef. The /etc/chef check will never work in Win32, but it doesn't
# hurt either.
for path in walk_backwards(base_path):
config_path = os.path.join(path, '.chef', 'knife.rb')
api = ChefAPI.from_config_file(config_path)
if api is not None:
return api
# The walk didn't work, try ~/.chef/knife.rb
config_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', '.chef', 'knife.rb'))
api = ChefAPI.from_config_file(config_path)
if api is not None:
return api
# Nothing in the home dir, try /etc/chef/client.rb
config_path = os.path.join(os.path.sep, 'etc', 'chef', 'client.rb')
api = ChefAPI.from_config_file(config_path)
if api is not None:
return api
def autoconfigure(base_path=None):
"""Try to find a knife or chef-client config file to load parameters from,
starting from either the given base path or the current working directory.
The lookup order mirrors the one from Chef, first all folders from the base
path are walked back looking for .chef/knife.rb, then ~/.chef/knife.rb,
and finally /etc/chef/client.rb.
The first file that is found and can be loaded successfully will be loaded
into a :class:`ChefAPI` object.
"""
base_path = base_path or os.getcwd()
# Scan up the tree for a knife.rb or client.rb. If that fails try looking
# in /etc/chef. The /etc/chef check will never work in Win32, but it doesn't
# hurt either.
for path in walk_backwards(base_path):
config_path = os.path.join(path, '.chef', 'knife.rb')
api = ChefAPI.from_config_file(config_path)
if api is not None:
return api
# The walk didn't work, try ~/.chef/knife.rb
config_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', '.chef', 'knife.rb'))
api = ChefAPI.from_config_file(config_path)
if api is not None:
return api
# Nothing in the home dir, try /etc/chef/client.rb
config_path = os.path.join(os.path.sep, 'etc', 'chef', 'client.rb')
api = ChefAPI.from_config_file(config_path)
if api is not None:
return api
def autoconfigure(base_path=None):
"""Try to find a Knife or chef-client config file to load parameters from."""
base_path = base_path or os.getcwd()
# Scan up the tree for a knife.rb or client.rb. If that fails try looking
# in /etc/chef. The /etc/chef check will never work in Win32, but it doesn't
# hurt either.
for path in walk_backwards(base_path):
config_path = os.path.join(path, '.chef', 'knife.rb')
api = ChefAPI.from_config_file(config_path)
if api is not None:
return api
# The walk didn't work, try ~/.chef/knife.rb
config_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', '.chef', 'knife.rb'))
api = ChefAPI.from_config_file(config_path)
if api is not None:
return api
# Nothing in the home dir, try /etc/chef/client.rb
config_path = os.path.join(os.path.sep, 'etc', 'chef')
api = ChefAPI.from_config_file(config_path)
if api is not None:
return api
