[chef] Re: Searching for Nodes that have an attribute set via a Role

[Adam Jacob < >]

As soon as the nodes run, you can just search for the attribute.

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On May 27, 2010, at 7:51 AM, Jonathan Matthews  
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 > wrote:

> Hey all -
>
> Possibly a bit of a newbish question, but I can't see how to search
> for Nodes with an Attribute set via a Role.
> I'm primarily interested in the WebUI, here, but an example of how to
> achieve it with knife would also be appreciated.
>
> I'm assuming that the best place to store Attributes that apply to a
> set of Nodes is in a Role.
> Specifically, in this instance, I'm trying to store a customerName  
> Attribute.
>
> Am I correct in thinking this and, if so, how do I get the WebUI to
> return (via search, or otherwise - I don't care) a view
> of the Nodes that have a specific customerName value?
>
> I'm aware that I can search for the *Roles* that contain this
> key:value pair, and I can find (via knife, at least) the Nodes that
> have a specific Role in their runlist, but neither of these seem to be
> what I'm looking for.
>
> Any thoughts?
> --
> Jonathan Matthews
> London, UK
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