[chef] Re: Attribute Names

["Matthew Sims" < >]

>
>
> On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Matthew Sims wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm mostly curious how others handle this.
>>
>> We have a chef environment where attribute can be located in three
>> places;the cookbook attributes, environments and roles (and in some
>> cases,
>> in other cookbooks.)
>>
>> Having to figure out where an attribute is set is occasionally
>> frustrating
>> when I have to search in several places.
>>
>> An idea proposed was the have the taxonomy of the attribute define where
>> it is being set.
>>
>> Example:
>> ['example']['attr']['value'] if set in the cookbook's attributes.
>> ['example']['env']['value'] if set in the environments.
>> ['example']['node']['value'] if set in the node.
>>
>> I understand this breaks the precedence structure of attributes as we
>> now
>> having unique attribute names based on location.
>>
>> But having to find where the attribute is set can be a bit tedious.
>>
>> I'm curious how others handle this. What method do you use so that
>> looking
>> at an attribute in a cookbook, they know where to go find it rather than
>> search for it.
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Sims
>>
>>
>
> At the last minute before shipping Chef 11, I added some debugging code I
> was using to chef core. It's only useful during a chef run, but hopefully
> you find it helpful.
>
> Synopsis:
>
> # Recipe:
> require 'pp'
> pp node.debug_value(:test, :source)
>
> # Output:
> [["set_unless_enabled?", false],
>  ["default", "attributes default"],
>  ["env_default", :not_present],
>  ["role_default", "role default"],
>  ["force_default", :not_present],
>  ["normal", "attributes normal"],
>  ["override", "attributes override"],
>  ["role_override", "role override"],
>  ["env_override", :not_present],
>  ["force_override", :not_present],
>  ["automatic", :not_present]]
>
>
> More info:
>
> Read
> http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/02/05/chef-11-in-depth-attributes-changes/
> and scroll to the "debugging attributes" section.
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Daniel DeLeo
>
>

Debugging Attributes, nice. That will be incredibly helpful. Thank you. :)

-- 
Matthew Sims