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<srbaker>SOLVED</srbaker>
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environments_production.rb
default_attributes chef_user: "ubuntu"
default_attributes { ... a whole mess of other stuff which apparently blows away the first line. whoops }
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myproblem
when recipes_rbenv.rb is loaded, node['chef_user'] is nil. However I can see a
chef_user attribute if I look at the node information on the chef server. I've
also tried passing {'chef_user' => 'ubuntu'} to default_attributes in case it
was a problem with string vs symbol for the key. No luck. Any ideas how I can
get the value of this attribute that's set in the environment's default_attributes?
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recipes_rbenv.rb
node.default['rbenv']['user_installs'] = [
{'user' => node['chef_user'] }
]
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patmaddox commented Mar 19, 2014

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here's what I get when I include puts node.debug_value(:chef_user) in the recipe. Not sure what I'm looking for to tell you the truth…

set_unless_enabled?
false
default
not_present
env_default
not_present
role_default
not_present
force_default
not_present
normal
not_present
override
not_present
role_override
not_present
env_override
not_present
force_override
not_present
automatic
not_present

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patmaddox commented Mar 19, 2014

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okay got it sorted, you can't call default_attributes twice in an environment file, the second call will blow away the first one

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