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I want to run a cookbook_file resource only if the current environment is "dev". How can this be expressed?

The documentation suggests this:

In a recipe, a code block like this would be useful:

qa_nodes = search(:node,"chef_environment:QA")      
qa_nodes.each do |qa_node|                          
    # Do useful specific to qa nodes only
end

But I'm not sure that's what I want - the fact it's a loop seems wrong.

Steve Bennett
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2 Answers2

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Look in the chef_environment Ruby attribute (not a regular Chef attribute) on the node:

if node.chef_environment == "dev"
  # stuff
end
Tim Potter
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    Specifically, chef_environment is a method on the Chef::Node object that returns the value of the node's environment. It is not a node attribute and should not be confused as such. – jtimberman Aug 15 '12 at 21:50
  • Thanks @jtimberman. I had always thought of an environment being an attribute of a node but it does make sense that it's not. – Tim Potter Aug 15 '12 at 22:56
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    Great, this works. So the answer to my original question is to add only_if { node.chef_environment == "dev" }. Confirmed. – Steve Bennett Aug 16 '12 at 00:39
  • Couldn't get this answer to work. This syntax does work for me: if "#{node.chef_environment}" == "dev" – spuder Aug 20 '15 at 16:31
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another elegant way:

if ['production','development'].include? node.chef_environment
    #do something here
end
Ilja
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