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Christopher Cox
Christopher Cox

Reputation: 1

I am trying to use attributes in a chef template

I am having trouble trying to get information from a default attributes file into a template using Chef. Currently, I have this:

# attributes/default.rb
default['environment']['extrahosts'] = [ 'hostname1:address1', 'hostname2:address2' ]

#recipes/default.rb
extra_hosts = node[:environment][:extrahosts]

...
...
template '/blahblah' do
  source 'blahblah.erb'
  variables( :extra_hosts => extra_hosts )
end

#templates/blahblah.erb
<% for @item in @extra_hosts %>
  - <%= @item %>
<% end %>

Although this doesn't work. What do I add to my template to yield:

  - hostname1:address1
  - hostname2:address2

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2414

Answers (1)

coderanger
coderanger

Reputation: 54249

The way you write a loop in Ruby is to use the each method and a block.

<% @extra_hosts.each do |item| %>
  - <%= item %>
<% end %>

Also note that the loop variable doesn't have the at sign because it isn't an instance variable.

Upvotes: 2

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