[chef] Re: Environments & Databags

[Tony Burns < >]

We have different data bags for different logical partitions (e.g. one for each application), and inside the data bags are items with names corresponding to our chef environments.

Tony

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On Jan 3, 2014, at 12:35, J Light < "> > wrote:

We used to just have different data bags for different environments and use the environment attribute to determine which data bag was hit with the query dynamically.

I liked that better than having items mixed up in the same data bag, but each partitioning comes with its own pros and cons.

On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Seth Falcon < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

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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