chef-attributes

Manipulate Chef Attributes on Node, Role or Environment Level on the fly.

Requirements

• Chef Client 12+
• Ohai 4+
• RubyGems 1+

Usage

Include the default recipe and override the default attributes default['chef']['level']['attributes']

wrapper cookbook

include_recipe 'chef-attributes::default'

override attribute

override['chef']['level']['attributes'] = {
  'environment' => {
    'Development' => {
      'env.attribute.period.concatenated' => 'value',
      'env.attribute.period.concatenated2' => 'value'
    },
    'Production' => {
      'attribute.period.concatenated3' => 'value',
      'attribute.period.concatenated4' => 'value'
    }
  },
  'role' => {
    'dev-role' => {
      'role.attribute.period.concatenated' => 'value',
      'role.attribute.period.concatenated2' => 'value'
    },
  },
  'node' => {
    'node-101' => {
      'node.attribute.period.concatenated' => 'value',
      'node.attribute.period.concatenated2' => 'value'
    }
  }
}

Platform

• CentOS, Red Hat
• Amazon Linux, Amazon
• Ubuntu, Debian

Tested on:
- CentOS 7+
- Ubuntu 16.04+

Authors

Author:: Rodel Manalo Talampas