I have created a new CHEF Cookbook and in the attributes folder i have added the following value to the default attribute.rb file
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node.default['main']['a2'] = "hello world"
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In the chef recipe i would like to echo or create a new file with the name "hello world"
The recipe has the following lines:
# Recipe:: default<br>
#<br>
# Copyright (c) 2018 The Authors, All Rights Reserved.<br>
execute 'just_test' do <br>
command 'touch /tmp/a2345' <br>
end <br>
execute 'just_test1' do <br>
command "touch /tmp/node['main']['a2']" <br>
end <br>
execute 'just_test2' do <br>
command "echo node['main']['a2']" <br>
end <br>
Although the recipe is successful, i do not see a file with "hello world"
recipe: a2::default
* execute[just_test] action run
- execute touch /tmp/a2345
* execute[just_test1] action run
- execute touch /tmp/node['main']['a2']
* execute[just_test2] action run
- execute echo node['main']['a2']
[2018-04-03T15:52:18+00:00] WARN: Skipping final node save because override_runlist was given
In the tmp directory the following files are created
a2345 node[main][a2]
How can we do attribute substitution in CHEF recipe??? Are there alternative to achieve this functionality
Thank you
"touch /tmp/#{node['main']['a2']}" - outer double quotes are important.