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Reputation: 229

Can't override cookbook attributes with Chef environment

I'm trying to override default cookbook attributes (in this case, attributes for nginx). In my default cookbook attributes I have something like this:

default[:my_nginx_cookbook][:site_name] = 'defaultnginx.site.com'

default[:my_nginx_cookbook][:sites] = {
"default.site.com" => {
default_value1: 'stuff'
default_value2: 'yada yada'
},
"default2.site.com" => {
default_value3: 'even more stuff'
default_value4: 'blah blah'
  }
}

I want to override these attributes in the environment where I'm deploying the cookbook (I'll call the environment FOO). In my FOO environment file, I have the following:

override_attributes[:my_nginx_cookbook] = {
site_name: 'myrealnginx.site.com'
}

override_attributes[:my_nginx_cookbook][:sites] = {
'myreal.site.com' => {
 real_value1: 'real stuff'
 real_value2: 'real yada'
 },
"myreal2.site.com" => {
real_value3: 'more real stuff'
real_value4: 'real blah'
  }
}

However, when I run chef client on the nginx node, it only creates the default sites. I've had no problem overriding default attributes in other environments. Am I not overriding the defaults correctly in this situation?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 438

Answers (1)

coderanger
coderanger

Reputation: 54211

In a Chef environment file, you would generally set attribute data like this:

override_attributes({
  my_nginx_cookbook: {
    site_name: 'myrealnginx.site.com',
    sites: {
      'myreal.site.com' => {
        real_value1: 'real stuff'
        real_value2: 'real yada'
      },
      'myreal2.site.com' => {
        real_value3: 'more real stuff'
        real_value4: 'real blah'
      },
  },
})

Upvotes: 0

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