chef run_list remove all recipes

Question

Is there a way to remove all the recipes in the run_list of a node?

I have a problem statement where I need to remove all in the run_list and add it at runtime whenever required.

I can remove each individually, but I am dealing with a lot of nodes at a time.

Answer 1

Look up knife exec and the transform helper. Something like knife exec -E 'transform("*:*") {|n| n.run_list.reset! }