Default search path for cookbook

chef-infra, chef-solo

Solution

Default cookbook path could be set in `~/.chef/knife.rb`:

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cookbook_path [ '~/cookbooks/', '~/base-cookbooks/']
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Also, you could find knife.rb documentation useful.

Problem

I am a chef Newbie and facing an issue. Every time I run any of the knife cookbook command, I have to explicitly provide the path to cookbook using `-o /path/to/cookbook` else it will error out saying no cookbooks found. Please find below commands: ``` $ knife cookbook upload getting-started ERROR: Could not find cookbook getting-started in your cookbook path, skipping it ERROR: Failed to upload 1 cookbook. $ knife cookbook upload getting-started -o /home/chefuser/chef11/chef-repo/cookbooks/ Uploading getting-started [0.4.0] Uploaded 1 cookbook. ``` Question: I want to know/list the default search path for cookbooks and need to know how to modify it. Also, why it is not looking at cookbook path and I have to provide it explicitly? Thanks.

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