Create a skill assembly

A skill assembly defines a set of skills should be installed or removed from nodes using add and remove rules.

Prerequisites

• Skills are defined.

Create a skill assembly

To create a skill assembly, follow these steps:

1. Create a file named skill-assembly.json and paste in the following skill assembly definition:

   {
     "name": "my-skill-assembly",
     "skills": [
       {
         "action": "add",
         "skill": {
           "name": "courier-runner",
           "channel": "stable",
           "value": [
             "1.4.4"
           ]
         }
       },
       {
         "action": "add",
         "skill": {
           "channel": "stable",
           "name": "chef-gohai",
           "value": [
             "1.0.3"
           ]
         }
       },
       {
         "action": "add",
         "skill": {
           "name": "shell-interpreter",
           "channel": "stable",
           "value": [
             "1.0.3"
           ]
         }
       },
       {
         "action": "add",
         "skill": {
           "name": "inspec-interpreter",
           "channel": "stable",
           "value": [
             "1.0.4"
           ]
         }
       },
       {
         "action": "add",
         "skill": {
           "name": "restart-interpreter",
           "channel": "stable",
           "value": [
             "1.0.2"
           ]
         }
       },
       {
         "action": "add",
         "skill": {
           "name": "chef-client-interpreter",
           "channel": "stable",
           "value": [
             "1.0.4"
           ]
         }
       }
     ]
   }

   Replace each skill’s version number with the version supported by the version of Chef 360 Platform that you’re running. See the release notes for details.

2. Create the skill assembly:

   chef-node-management-cli management assembly create-assembly --body-file skill-assembly.json --profile <NODE_MANAGER_PROFILE_NAME>
   

   The response is similar to the following:

   {
   "item": {
       "skillAssemblyId": "e2e66c8a-79ff-4bdc-a4cd-739c3f02f9e9"
     }
   }
   

   Save the value of skillAssemblyId, you will use it to create a node cohort.

Troubleshooting

Use the assembly find-one-assembly subcommand to verify that the skill assembly was created or updated successfully:

chef-node-management-cli management assembly find-one-assembly --skillAssemblyId <SKILL_ASSEMBLY_ID> --profile <NODE_MANAGER_PROFILE_NAME>

More information

• See the skill assembly documentation

Next steps

• Create override settings that define required skill settings.