[chef] Re: Re: Significance of attributes in metadata.rb file

[Noorul Islam K M < >]

Joshua Timberman 
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 writes:

> Hello,
>
> The attributes in metadata are documentation and not actually used by the
> cookbook for purposes of recipes and the like. The metadata gets converted
> to JSON and is stored and used on the chef server primarily. Because this
> metadata is JSON and machine parseable, it can be used by user interfaces
> such as the community site to automatically display information about the
> cookbook.
>
> Unfortunately as documentation it often gets overlooked or neglected as
> part of maintaining a cookbook.
>

Is there a way to figure out the list of valid attributes of a cookbook,
recipe wise?

Regards,
Noorul

> On Tuesday, November 5, 2013, wrote:
>
>> I read http://docs.opscode.com/essentials_cookbook_metadata.html, but
>> it's not
>> clear.
>>
>> I see mysql cookbook's metadata.rb doesn't include all attributes used by
>> that
>> cookbook (ex: grants_path is not there).
>>
>> So my question is - when and where is the attribute list included in
>> metadata.rb used? Can I rely on that list for any purpose?
>>
>> Thanks Rags
>>