[chef] Re: Add to Node Attribute Hash Value

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Stewart, Curtis wrote:

> Ohai Chefs!
>  
> I was hoping these two would merge without having to copy the default 
> values from the community cookbook into mine.  
>  
> Is there a different route to allow the two settings to merge?  
>  
>  
> The chef-client cookbook sets the following attributes by default:  
>  
> default['chef_client']['config'] = {
> 'chef_server_url' => Chef::Config[:chef_server_url],
> 'validation_client_name' => Chef::Config[:validation_client_name],
> 'node_name' => Chef::Config[:node_name] == node['fqdn'] ? false : 
> Chef::Config[:node_name]
> }
>  
>  
> My wrapper cookbook has another value defined in the default attributes 
> file:  
>  
> default['chef_client']['config'] = {  
> 'encrypted_data_bag_secret' => Chef::Config[:encrypted_data_bag_secret]
> }

Using `=` to assign a new value here completely replaces the old value. I 
think the chef-client cookbook is wrong to do this, too, but you can simply 
add your value by doing:

    default[‘chef-client’][‘config’][‘encrypted_data_bag_secret’] = 
Chef::Config[:encrypted_data_bag_secret]
  
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> Thanks,  
> Curtis

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Daniel DeLeo