[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Set node value from script output

[Matthew Drobnak < >]

I think I've found it in the wiki:

node.set['myattribute'] = %x[/usr/bin/myscript]

-Matt

On Jun 27, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Matthew Drobnak wrote:

Would that persist in the chef db? Or would I have to set it each time?

Thanks for the help.

-Matt

On Jun 27, 2011, at 6:25 PM, John Alberts wrote:

Something like the following should work as well.

node[:myattribute] = %x[/usr/bin/myscript]

John

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Noah Kantrowitz < "> > wrote:

On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Matthew Drobnak wrote:

> I need the output of a script to set a node value, from inside a cookbook. How would one do this?

You will have to call Chef::ShellOut (or something similar) from within a ruby_block resource.

--Noah

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John Alberts