[chef] Getting my node's ip address

[Geoff Meakin Acid < >]

Can anyone tell me why this doesnt work?

somenode:~# shef -z
loading configuration: /etc/chef/client.rb
Session type: client
Loading… (etc. etc.)
done.

Ohai2u 

 
chef > node.automatic_attrs['network']   
 => {"interfaces"=>{}} 
chef > node.automatic_attrs['ipaddress']
 => nil   


Yet it clearly has interfaces:

somenode:~# /sbin/ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  
          inet addr:xxx.xx.x.xx  Bcast:xxx.xx.x.xxx  Mask:255.255.255.128
        (etc.)


Thanks


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Geoff