Regarding question 1, at least until Chef 10 you could use an IP address, but since Chef 11 there are some requirements for the hostname [1]. It has to be resolvable and properly configured. If the installation does not meet those requirements you may not expect it to work.
[1] http://docs.opscode.com/install_server.html On 4 October 2013 08:37, Andrew Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Created a JIRA artifact >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-335 to track this. >> >> >> Also e-mailed chef-dev mailing list. >> >> http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef-dev/2013-10/msg00043.html > > > Thanks, Noorul! > > ap
