[chef] Re: Re: using variables in recipes?

[Tomasz Chmielewski < >]

Unfortunately doesn't work as expected.

This is the output of $HOSTNAME on this server:

$ echo $HOSTNAME
server.example.com

In the recipe, "#{node['hostname']}" gives me just "server" (so, without 
".example.com" I'm getting from $HOSTNAME variable).

"#{node['fqdn']}" gives me "localhost", and "#{node['domain']}" is 
empty.


Are there any other ways to get a variable to be used in a recipe 
(putting aside whether the fqdn should be localhost or not)?


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Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org


On 2014-04-28 04:04, Wolfe, Eric G wrote:
> You can interpolate the ohai hostname attribute like so: 
> "#{node['hostname']}"
>
> Tomasz Chmielewski 
> <
>  >
>  wrote:
>
>
> How can I use the $HOSTNAME variable in a recipe?
>
> I need something which would fit here:
>
> remote_file "/tmp/$HOSTNAME.tar.xz" do
>    source 
> "https://user:
>  :port/aaa/$HOSTNAME.tar.xz"
>    owner "root"
>    group "root"
>    mode 00600
>    not_if { ::File.exists?("/some/path/here") }
> end
>
>
> --
> Tomasz Chmielewski
> http://wpkg.org