[chef] debugging chef run.--print to screen

[David Montgomery < >]

Hi,

I am gettng the below error.  I need to debug. 

I should have values in the json object: monitor_server = db[node.environment][location]['monitor']['ip_address']

How do I print to the scren  values so i can see why chef is not working.  undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass is useless for me.  Is it because of location? because of node.environment?

I would to print to screen e.g, print node.environment

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Recipe Compile Error in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/environment/recipes/remote_meta.rb
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NoMethodError
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undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass


Cookbook Trace:
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  /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/environment/recipes/remote_meta.rb:18:in `from_file'


Relevant File Content:
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/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/environment/recipes/remote_meta.rb:

 11:  end
 12:  if node.name.include? "X"
 13:    datacenter = node.name.split('X')[0]
 14:    server_type = node.name.split('X')[1]
 15:    location = node.name.split('X')[2]
 16:  end
 17: 
 18>> monitor_server = db[node.environment][location]['monitor']['ip_address']
 19: 
 20: 
 21:  if datacenter != "aws"
 22:    directory "/home/ubuntu" do
 23:      owner "root"
 24:      group "root"
 25:      mode "0777"
 26:      action :create
 27:    end