[chef] Re: test-kitchen: extend configuration with json attributes?

[Torben Knerr < >]

Hey guys,

I would love to hear how you are handling this currently.

Anyways I have created http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/KITCHEN-21 in
the meanwhile.

Cheers,
Torben


On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Torben Knerr 
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 >
 wrote:
> Ohai Chefs,
>
> would it make sense to add json attributes to the cookbook configuration?
>
> e.g. if you want to override some node attributes, it could be done like so:
>
> """
> chef_json = {
>    :apache => {
>       :'listen_ports => ["123"]
>    }
> }
>
> cookbook "apache2" do
>   configuration "apache_on_different_port", chef_json
> end
> """
>
> Within the Vagrantfile the passed json would then be merged into chef.json:
> https://github.com/opscode/test-kitchen/blob/master/config/Vagrantfile#L100
>
>
> Or would `node.set['apache']['listen_ports'] = ['123']` within the
> "apache_on_different_port.rb" configuration recipe be the preferred
> way to do this?
>
> I could imagine that this might lead to different results depending on
> the ordering of recipes, but I'm not sure. What do you guys think?
>
> Cheers,
> Torben