"chef-run" creates a new node in Chef Automate at every execution

[gsantandrea]

Description

At every execution of "chef-run" a new node in "Infrastructure" of Chef Automate is created.

Chef Apply Version

root@chefworkstation:~/chef-repo# chef-apply --version
Chef Infra Client: 15.7.32

(I installed chef-workstation_0.15.18-1_amd64.deb)

Platform Version

root@chefworkstation:~/chef-repo# cat /etc/*release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04

vagrant@chefnode:~$ cat /etc/*release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04

Chef automate version:
Version: 2
Build: 20200131232134

Replication Case

• configure config.toml for Chef Automate reporting
• run multiple times: chef-run vagrant@chefnode --password vagrant mycokbook

[afiune]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention, we agree that running chef-run against a node twice, the node should be reported as the same node in Chef Automate.