[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Starting out with the opscode platform.

[Grig Gheorghiu < >]

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Tim Uckun 
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 wrote:
>> I would ask why you need to set the ip address and host name and where
>> else could you put it?
>
> I am just using that as an example. It could be any variable like to
> location of the backup file, the name of the user that the
> applications are deployed under, etc.
>
> Basically every host has some unique requirements and settings.

For host-specific configuration settings I tend to use attributes. See
this blog post for more info:

http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2010/11/working-with-chef-attributes.html

HTH

Grig