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In the chef's cookbook, how to assign erb templates based on role

I am new to cook and I have a question regarding the following.

I have two servers that are using nginx. The only difference is that the configuration files are different. I am using erb templates for nginx config files.

I would assume I would need one cookbook with two erb files in the templates directory.

So let's say I have two roles server1 and server2, and in the runlist for them is nginx.

How do I configure to use the config file for server1 when using role 1? The same goes for server2.

Any tutorials on this subject?

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The nginx cookbook at http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/nginx is the perfect solution to the problem.

You only have one cookbook and one configuration template. If you need to customize something, create a role and just rewrite the attributes in your role.



There is also a definition (nginx_site), so you can use it to host sites inside the same nginx instance, which allows you to support as many sites as you want, with little issues with overall nginx configuration.

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Define the roles for Server 1 and Server 2. When doing so, use override_attributes or default_attributes. To do this, you must be proactive in writing recipes. See the "Priority" section in the following link for attribute priority



http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Attributes

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