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

[Matthias Splieth < >]

Hi Adam!

I want a user to specify parameters he wants to be set in a cookbook. 
But he shouldn't see cookbook itself.
E.g. something like

 install :apache2, :attributes => { ... }

Adam Jacob wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:04 PM,  
> <
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>  wrote:
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> > 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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