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

[Tomasz Chmielewski < >]

Turned out #{node['machinename']} was what I was looking for - thanks 
for the tip!

--
Tomasz Chmielewski


On 2014-04-28 04:06, Alex Vinyar wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> you can use Ohai variable node['hostname'] or environment variable via
> ENV['something'].
>
> Damn Eric beat me to it..
>
> in terminal open up chef-shell. It'll allow you to experiment without
> having to execute the whole recipe.
>
> Cheers
> Alex-
>
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 7:58 PM, 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 [1]