Using Search on a Windows Stack - AWS OpsWorks

Using Search on a Windows Stack

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The AWS OpsWorks Stacks service reached end of life on May 26, 2024 and has been disabled for both new and existing customers. We strongly recommend customers migrate their workloads to other solutions as soon as possible. If you have questions about migration, reach out to the AWS Support Team on AWS re:Post or through AWS Premium Support.

AWS OpsWorks Stacks provides two options to use search on Windows stacks.

  • The node search index, which can be used to query a set of standard Chef attributes.

    If you have existing recipes with search code that uses node, they will usually work on AWS OpsWorks Stacks stacks without modification.

  • An additional set of search indexes that can be used to query sets of AWS OpsWorks Stacks-specific attributes, and some standard attributes.

    These indexes are discussed in Using AWS OpsWorks Stacks-Specific Search Indexes on Windows Stacks.

We recommend using node for retrieving standard information, such as hostnames or IP addresses. That approach will keep your recipes consistent with standard Chef practice. Use the AWS OpsWorks Stacks search indexes to retrieve information that is specific to AWS OpsWorks Stacks.

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