[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Role Versioning?

[Sean OMeara < >]

Another options is node.set( somstuff )

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On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Brian Akins 
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> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Sean OMeara 
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>> It's a great way for a recipe to "announce" that it provides a service.
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> I always forget about tags.
>
> In our case we include some data in our "announcement" and tags are
> just a single string.
>
> Something like:
>
> #on the node "providing" the service
> my_announce_thing('servicename', port: 80, key: 'baz')
>
> #on a node "looking"
> nodes = my_lookfor_thing('servicename')
>
> and nodes is an array of hashes. each hash is the data the "providing"
> node announced (we put the nodename and ipaddress in the hash as
> well).
>
> This pattern has served us well.
>
> --Brian