example_role.json

{
  "name": "app_servers",
  "default_attributes": {
    "sudo": {
      "users": [
        "someone"
      ]
    }
  },
  "json_class": "Chef::Role",
  "env_run_lists": {
  },
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[]",
    "recipe[]",
    "recipe[]",
    "recipe[]",
    "recipe[]"
  ],
  "description": "Prepare app servers for capistrano deploy",
  "chef_type": "role",
  "override_attributes": {
    "graphite": { "pool_name": "App_Servers" }
  }
}