how to get information about chef provisioner (chef-zero or not) inside a chef recipe?

Question

In my recipe I want to find out the the mode in which chef is running and load from data bag based on that. If it is running chef-zero then I will load the data bag in a specific way and if not in a different way .

if Chef::Config[:zero] == 'true'
  //Load unencryted databag from local
else
 //Load encrypted databag
end

But currently it always enters the else block. I am running kitchen with

provisioner:
  name: chef_zero

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 11 '16 at 13:47

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If you use the data_bag_item() helper it will handle this for you internally. It is better to avoid explicit branching whenever possible.

answered Jul 11 '16 at 13:47

coderanger

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Well. This will not work for us . Do you know of a way to check the chef mode ? – Shamik Jul 11 '16 at 17:26
There is nothing specific, you'll have to add an attribute yourself in your kitchen config or check for `/tmp/kitchen` (or the equiv on other platforms). – coderanger Jul 12 '16 at 01:26
But seriously you will regret this :) – coderanger Jul 12 '16 at 01:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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Answering my own question - The solution i was looking for is using kitchen attributes.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/38429417/888070

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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answered Jul 18 '16 at 05:54

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how to get information about chef provisioner (chef-zero or not) inside a chef recipe?

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