[chef] Re: Setting variables of a cookbook using a ruby-script

[Adam Jacob < >]

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:04 PM,  
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 wrote:
> Hi! I was wondering if it is possible to set the variables of a cookbook by
> using a ruby script? I tought about fetching a cookbook, setting its 
> variables
> then storing it in the run_list of a node.
> Is that possible?

Matthias, what exactly is your use case here?

You can set variables in a cookbook using 'attributes' files, and you
can point the chef client at a JSON file at run time.  In either case,
if you are using the chef-client command, you'll get the data stored
on the Chef server.

Adam

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