[chef-dev] attributes of other nodes are not available during the first chef-client run ?

[Hui Hu < >]

Hi,
  
I have a recipe like this:
> puts node[:fqdn]  # => fqdn of the node itself
>   n[:fqdn]zk_servers = search(:node, "cluster_name:abc AND role:zookeeper")
>   quorum = zk_servers.collect { |n| n[:fqdn] }
>   puts quorum..to_s  # => ["", "", ""]   # but expected result is an array of fqdn of all zookeeper nodes
This code in recipe is executed in Compile phase.  Seems the node[:fqdn]
 or node[:ipaddress] or other nodes is not available yet, however 
node[:fqdn] of the node itself is available.

If this is true, how about saving the node to Chef Server immediately 
after ohai collects the automatic attributes ? So the node can get other
 nodes' fqdn and ip.

Thanks
Jesse Hu  @Beijing