Chef: How do I override default attributes in roles?

Question

I\'m using the opscode nginx cookbook for configuring the nginx server on my nodes. The nginx cookbook has some default attributes I\'d like to override in my role (\"web_se

Answer 1

Have you tried with parentheses? I tried your example with parentheses and got the default attributes overridden.

# your roles/web_server.rb file

override_attributes(
  'nginx' => {
    'install_method' => "source",
    'version' => "1.2.3",
    'source' => { "prefix" => "/opt/nginx", "checksum" => nil }
  }
)