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milesaway
milesaway

Reputation: 11

default_attributes - Chef

I have an attribute defined in cookbook as:

default[appName]['releasePackageURL'] = "https://nexus.abc.com/Test/.1/web-.8.zip"

I also have a default_attribute under environment as below:

default_attributes": {
  "wwwRoot" : "C:\\Websites",
  "ABC" : {
    "version" : "ABC0.0.0.1_Release",
    "releasePackageURL" : "https://nexus.abc.com/Test/.1/web-.8.zip"
  }
}

The value for releasePackageURL is getting duplicated in both environment and in cookbook. How can this be avoided?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 306

Answers (1)

Amod Pandey
Amod Pandey

Reputation: 1396

Attributes when defined stay in the respective definitions. So the attribute being present in both places cannot be avoided (since you have defined it). But when chef-client is run the attributes are evaluated for precedence https://docs.chef.io/attributes.html and the right attribute value is provided to the chef-client. In your case, the value from environment attribute will be picked up.

Upvotes: 2

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