Using node attributes in resource definitions

Chef Infra (archive)
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We use an application provider that defines and creates all of our applications’ directories and such which are then saved on the node. If we try and use these attributes in a recipe prior to the node converging at least once, we get an undefined method error when trying to do anything like the following:

application ‘appname’ do
…
end

mount node[:applications][:appname][:releasepath] do
…
end

Is there a way to defer evaluation of the mount path or any other resource?

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Put that resource in one of the application callbacks :slight_smile:

--Noah

On Nov 26, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Daniel Condomitti wrote:

We use an application provider that defines and creates all of our applications' directories and such which are then saved on the node. If we try and use these attributes in a recipe prior to the node converging at least once, we get an undefined method error when trying to do anything like the following:

application 'appname' do
…
end

mount node[:applications][:appname][:releasepath] do
...
end

Is there a way to defer evaluation of the mount path or any other resource?