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

[John Alberts < >]

Thanks, but unfortunately, that doesn't seem to work.  I don't get any
kind of error, but the remaining chef code doesn't seem to pick up the
new attributes in the new role that was added.  Any other ideas?  :)

John



On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Daniel DeLeo 
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> On Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 3:03 PM, John Alberts wrote:
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>> 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. :)
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>> This is what I'm hoping I can do:
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>> node['run_list'] << "role[roleA]"
>> role.apply("roleA") # now the attributes in roleA will be available
>> for the rest of the chef run.
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>> Thanks in advance.
>> John
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> I think `node.expand!` after adding the role should do the trick.
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> Dan DeLeo
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John Alberts