How to use a override attribute in environments

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1

Hi

In my development environment I would like to use the below

name "development"
description "The development environment"
default[‘chef_client’][‘handler’][‘graphite’][‘host’] = “
monitor.dev.test.com”

knife environment from file
/home/ubuntu/workspace/feed-chef/chef-repo/environments/development.rb
ERROR: knife encountered an unexpected error
This may be a bug in the ‘environment from file’ knife command or plugin
Please collect the output of this command with the -VV option before
filing a bug report.
Exception: NameError: undefined local variable or method `default’ for
development:Chef::Environment

In the cookbook attribute file:
default[‘chef_client’][‘handler’][‘graphite’][‘host’] = “
monitor.dev.test.com”

So…what is the proper format to override the the environment?

Thanks

2

Check out the definition and syntax of "default_attributes" under
http://docs.opscode.com/essentials_environments.html

Also note that "override" in this case is an overloaded term. The same
page includes the attribute precedence table.

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 1:00 PM, David Montgomery <davidmontgomery@gmail.com

wrote:

Hi

In my development environment I would like to use the below

name "development"
description "The development environment"
default['chef_client']['handler']['graphite']['host'] = "
monitor.dev.test.com"

knife environment from file
/home/ubuntu/workspace/feed-chef/chef-repo/environments/development.rb
ERROR: knife encountered an unexpected error
This may be a bug in the 'environment from file' knife command or plugin
Please collect the output of this command with the -VV option before
filing a bug report.
Exception: NameError: undefined local variable or method `default' for
development:Chef::Environment

In the cookbook attribute file:
default['chef_client']['handler']['graphite']['host'] = "
monitor.dev.test.com"

So..what is the proper format to override the the environment?

Thanks

3

The is a very nested hash.....I am aware of that page...how do I avoid the
use of the => notation

On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 4:45 AM, Joshua Miller joshuamiller01@gmail.comwrote:

Check out the definition and syntax of "default_attributes" under
http://docs.opscode.com/essentials_environments.html

Also note that "override" in this case is an overloaded term. The same
page includes the attribute precedence table.

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 1:00 PM, David Montgomery <
davidmontgomery@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi

In my development environment I would like to use the below

name "development"
description "The development environment"
default['chef_client']['handler']['graphite']['host'] = "
monitor.dev.test.com"

knife environment from file
/home/ubuntu/workspace/feed-chef/chef-repo/environments/development.rb
ERROR: knife encountered an unexpected error
This may be a bug in the 'environment from file' knife command or plugin
Please collect the output of this command with the -VV option before
filing a bug report.
Exception: NameError: undefined local variable or method `default' for
development:Chef::Environment

In the cookbook attribute file:
default['chef_client']['handler']['graphite']['host'] = "
monitor.dev.test.com"

So..what is the proper format to override the the environment?

Thanks

4

Simply put, you don't. The autovivvified hash notation available to node attributes in cookbook attributes files and recipes is not available in the Ruby DSL for roles. The Ruby DSL for roles is translated to JSON by knife on upload to the Chef Server, and the JSON is purely a hash data structure.

Cheers
Joshua

On Jul 20, 2013, at 3:59 PM, David Montgomery davidmontgomery@gmail.com wrote:

The is a very nested hash.....I am aware of that page...how do I avoid the use of the => notation

On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 4:45 AM, Joshua Miller joshuamiller01@gmail.com wrote:
Check out the definition and syntax of "default_attributes" under http://docs.opscode.com/essentials_environments.html

Also note that "override" in this case is an overloaded term. The same page includes the attribute precedence table.

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 1:00 PM, David Montgomery davidmontgomery@gmail.com wrote:
Hi

In my development environment I would like to use the below

name "development"
description "The development environment"
default['chef_client']['handler']['graphite']['host'] = "monitor.dev.test.com"

knife environment from file /home/ubuntu/workspace/feed-chef/chef-repo/environments/development.rb
ERROR: knife encountered an unexpected error
This may be a bug in the 'environment from file' knife command or plugin
Please collect the output of this command with the -VV option before filing a bug report.
Exception: NameError: undefined local variable or method `default' for development:Chef::Environment

In the cookbook attribute file:
default['chef_client']['handler']['graphite']['host'] = "monitor.dev.test.com"

So..what is the proper format to override the the environment?

Thanks