[chef] Re: Using node attributes in resource definitions

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

Put that resource in one of the application callbacks :)

--Noah

On Nov 26, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Daniel Condomitti wrote:

> We use an application provider that defines and creates all of our 
> applications' directories and such which are then saved on the node. If we 
> try and use these attributes in a recipe prior to the node converging at 
> least once, we get an undefined method error when trying to do anything 
> like the following:
> 
> application 'appname' do
>   …
> end
> 
> mount node[:applications][:appname][:releasepath] do
>    ...
> end
> 
> Is there a way to defer evaluation of the mount path or any other resource?