[chef] Re: node['chef_environment'] or node['chef_client']['environment']

[Steven Danna < >]

On 12/10/12 12:33 PM, Arnold Krille wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> the subject says it already. I am developing a recipe to deploy
> backuppc (scheduled to make opensource in the next weeks) and I want
> the server to find the clients in the same environment. So in the
> test-environment I tried with the server getting its own environment
> from node.chef_client.environment and it worked.
> Today I did the first deploy to production and that node didn't have
> node.chef_client.environment set (altough chef-client did run a few
> times since bootstrapping with the -E-option). So I wonder which one is
> the better to use to detect a nodes own environment?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Arnold
> 

node.chef_environment is going to be the most reliable.  Note that I
used the method call syntax since, unlike other node data,
chef_environment is actually a method on the Chef::Node object.

Cheers,

Steven

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