chef / chef/knife-ec-backup

knife-ec-restore can't create backups of Servers that don't have public_key_read_access group (< 12.5.0)

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Description

Specific Issue

We now expect the Chef Server to contain the public_key_read_access group for an organization. If it doesn't we can't back it up.

General Issue

Over the last few Chef Server releases a number of changes have been made to the default layout of an organization and default ACLs. If we don't account for all of the possible past structures of the Chef Server groups, then knife-ec-backup can not be used reliably facilitate migrations from old servers to new.

Similar in nature to https://github.com/chef/knife-ec-backup/pull/79

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the knife-ec-restore and knife-ec-backup handling described here, then compare the related changes in pull request #79. Determine which older Chef Server group layouts need support; done means backups work when public_key_read_access is absent and migrations from older server structures remain reliable.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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