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I'm new to Chef (configuration management). I use mysql cookbook with all default attributes. Running it makes it generate a random password for root account. I can use the password with node['mysql']['server_root_password']. Then, I change mysql password using mysqladmin. The variable node['mysql']['server_root_password'] is not updated to my new password. How can I tell the mysql cookbook to update the value inside node['mysql']['server_root_password'] please?

Sang Quang Nguyen
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  • Are you running Chef client (with server) or chef solo? What exactly do you want to update? The the value in attributes/server.rb? – Terry Wang Jun 25 '13 at 22:50
  • I use Chef-server/Chef-client. In my recipe, I use the variable node['mysql']['server_root_password'] to login/run mysql script. But this variables holds the old password which is no longer valid since I have change my root password to a different value using mysqladmin. So the resource failes to execute. – Sang Quang Nguyen Jun 26 '13 at 05:11
  • In this case, just update it by hand in the recipe, because you manually changed the root password later for mysql -_- Or, probably you can override the node['mysql']['server_root_password'] by using a JSOn attribute file when executing. – Terry Wang Jun 27 '13 at 01:27

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You need to update the node's attribute to reflect the new password.

One way to do that would be to use Knife and the knife-set-attribute plugin.

knife set_attribute node mysql.server_root_password yournewpassword

Other ways to set attributes can be explored in the Chef attribute docs.

Emil Sit
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