I'm using chef-server to manage resources deployed on AWS. But when I want a new node, I don't like waiting the 30+ minutes it takes for a full chef run to install everything. So I've created an AMI with a recent snapshot of the machine after convergence, which avoids 95% of the startup time.
The problem is that the machine's identity gets cached in the AMI. So I end up with multiple physical machines all running as the same "node" in chef. What I'd like is for the new machine to re-register with the chef server once it boots up.
Is there some way I can erase the node's chef-server registration info before snapshotting the AMI such that it will register with the server as a new node once it turns on after cloning the AMI? I know I'll need to leave some set of private keys on there, which I'm fine with, but I'm not sure which ones.
Thanks!