[chef] Re: apply a role's attributes by name?

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 3:03 PM, John Alberts wrote:

> Is there any way to apply any role's attributes during a chef run? The
> reason I need to do this is because I am adding a role to the run_list
> during a chef run and I'd like that role's attributes to take effect
> during the current chef run. I know this is not idempotent and I
> shouldn't be doing things this way, but let's not get into that
> discussion today. :)
> 
> This is what I'm hoping I can do:
> 
> node['run_list'] << "role[roleA]"
> role.apply("roleA") # now the attributes in roleA will be available
> for the rest of the chef run.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> John

I think `node.expand!` after adding the role should do the trick.

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Dan DeLeo