[chef] Re: Environments & Databags

[Seth Falcon < >]

Hi,


 
 writes:
> Hello!  How do you folks deal with environment-specific data in databags?
>  And databag items?
>
> For example, for the first case, let's say a user should be in one group in
> stage, and a different group in prod.

A pattern we use is:

  data_bags/
      users/
          prod.json
          preprod.json

So anything that needs environment specific settings gets an environment
specific data bag item.

Recipe code can then select the right data bag item via the node's
chef_environment attribute.

+ seth


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