[chef] Re: RE: Re: Data-Bag how to use in templates

[Sean OMeara < >]

I wrote a tutorial that uses NTP as an example, you may want to take a
peek at it: http://goo.gl/STfRn

-s

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:20 AM, WEINHAPL Andreas
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 wrote:
> Hi Jonathan & Charles,
>
> Thanks for the great hint. I really made a mistake in using the data-bag
> information directly in a template.  Here is the code which will work:
>
> DataBag:
> intChef:~/chef-repo$ knife data bag show GLOBAL NTP
> {
>   "id": "NTP",
>   "ntp_1_for_testing": "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx",
> }
>
> Recipe:
> GLOBAL = data_bag_item('GLOBAL','NTP')
> node[:ntp1] = "#{GLOBAL['ntp_1_for_testing']}"
>
> Template:
> NTP1 for DOMAIN <%= node[:ntp1] %>
>
> Maybe it's not the correct way to do that but it works!
>
> Regards
> Andreas
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> Subject: [chef] Re: Data-Bag how to use in templates
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> On 23 March 2011 07:21, WEINHAPL Andreas
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>  wrote:
>> HI,
>>
>> Yesterday I tested the Data-Bag! But I’m not able to use the Information
>> from the DataBag in Templates.
>>
>> My recipe is:
>> GLOBAL = data_bag_item('GLOBAL', 'NTP') and just use a template-function
>> (create a file from file.erb)
>> In my file.erb:
>>
>> <%= node[:GLOBAL][:ntp_2_thalesgroup.at] %>
>
> Irrespective of your problem, already addressed by Charles, take a
> look at the Resources wiki page Template section. I believe the
> canonical way to reference data in a template, especially when it's
> global/data-bag driven and not node-specific, is to use the fact that
> it shows up as instance variables inside your template when it's been
> passed in correctly. Not node[:blah] values.
>
> I may be wrong, but it WFM :-)
> Jonathan
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