[chef] Re: Re: How do you set node-level attributes?

[Ruby Newbie < >]

Hey, Jacobo.

On Feb 10, 2010, at 5:43 AM, Jacobo García wrote:
> What are you using to set the value (set or default) in the attributes
> file? I guess that you are using set

All attributes are set with 'default', like so...
  default[:mongodb][:platform] = 'linux'
  default[:mongodb][:arch] = 'x86_64'
  default[:mongodb][:version] = '1.2.2'

Do you know of any way *besides* the web GUI to set node-level attributes? 
The fact that I am not managing to set them from the web interface is not as 
concerning as the fact that there seems to be no "best practice" for defining 
a node -- that is, defining both its role(s), and the particular attribute 
values it *doesn't* share with other nodes that play the same role.

Thanks for responding,
Ruby newbie.