[chef] Converting node attributes to yaml

[Curtis Stewart < >]

I’m trying to allow a settings.yml file to be generated from node attributes.

I assumed the following would work, but I’m left with various 
“!ruby/hash:Chef::Node::ImmutableMash” lines in my yaml file.

YAML::dump(node[‘applications']['settings'].to_hash)

settings: !ruby/hash:Chef::Node::ImmutableMash
  foo: !ruby/array:Chef::Node::ImmutableArray
  - settingone
  bar: !ruby/array:Chef::Node::ImmutableArray
  - settingone

I’d like to be able to allow for a very flexible configuration, however, 
maybe this is just a bad practice and I should use a template with a smaller 
number of configurations?

Thanks,
Curtis