With reference to the following command:
knife node show hostname
I see output for:
Run List:
Roles:
Recipes:
What does Recipes: mean in this context? I presume it means that these are the recipes executed by the Chef node?
The reason for my question is as follows.
Assume a cookbook:recipe of cookbook_a:default.
If I search for cookbooks:
knife search node "cookbooks:cookbook_a"
I get a long list of nodes which are pulling cookbook_a through Berks dependencies.
If I execute the following more specific search for recipes:
knife search node "recipes:cookbook_a\:\:*"
I get a much shorter list of nodes.
When I query knife node show hostname for any of these nodes, I can see cookbook_a:default listed under Recipes in the output. But I only see this on these nodes, not on the the longer list of nodes from the previous search command.
My understanding is that if a cookbook is pulled by a node, it will automatically execute the default recipe.
So if the cookbook is being pulled by lots of nodes, why isn't the default recipe listed as being executed on all these nodes?