    # File lib/chef/application/solo.rb, line 121
      def reconfigure
        super

        Chef::Config[:solo] = true

        if Chef::Config[:daemonize]
          Chef::Config[:interval] ||= 1800
        end

        if Chef::Config[:json_attribs]
          begin
            json_io = case Chef::Config[:json_attribs]
                      when /^(http|https):\/\//
                        @rest = Chef::REST.new(Chef::Config[:json_attribs], nil, nil)
                        @rest.get_rest(Chef::Config[:json_attribs], true).open
                      else
                        open(Chef::Config[:json_attribs])
                      end
          rescue SocketError => error
            Chef::Application.fatal!("I cannot connect to #{Chef::Config[:json_attribs]}", 2)
          rescue Errno::ENOENT => error
            Chef::Application.fatal!("I cannot find #{Chef::Config[:json_attribs]}", 2)
          rescue Errno::EACCES => error
            Chef::Application.fatal!("Permissions are incorrect on #{Chef::Config[:json_attribs]}. Please chmod a+r #{Chef::Config[:json_attribs]}", 2)
          rescue Exception => error
            Chef::Application.fatal!("Got an unexpected error reading #{Chef::Config[:json_attribs]}: #{error.message}", 2)
          end

          begin
            @chef_solo_json = Chef::JSONCompat.from_json(json_io.read)
            json_io.close unless json_io.closed?
          rescue JSON::ParserError => error
            Chef::Application.fatal!("Could not parse the provided JSON file (#{Chef::Config[:json_attribs]})!: " + error.message, 2)
          end
        end

        if Chef::Config[:recipe_url]
          cookbooks_path = Array(Chef::Config[:cookbook_path]).detect{|e| e =~ /\/cookbooks\/*$/ }
          recipes_path = File.expand_path(File.join(cookbooks_path, '..'))
          target_file = File.join(recipes_path, 'recipes.tgz')

          Chef::Log.debug "Creating path #{recipes_path} to extract recipes into"
          FileUtils.mkdir_p recipes_path
          path = File.join(recipes_path, 'recipes.tgz')
          File.open(path, 'wb') do |f|
            open(Chef::Config[:recipe_url]) do |r|
              f.write(r.read)
            end
          end
          Chef::Mixin::Command.run_command(:command => "tar zxvfC #{path} #{recipes_path}")
        end
      end