A data bag is a global variable that is stored in JSON and can be accessed by Chef. It is indexed for searching and loaded by chef-client while executing the recipe.
We can use data bags directly in a JSON file or create them using Knife Solo. First, we will use a simpler approach, that is, updating the password with a JSON file.
Before we proceed further, we will create a JSON file under the same folder of Vagrantfile and use this file to run recipes. The benefit of this approach is that Chef-Solo requires a JSON file to execute recipes, and we can test our JSON file with Vagrant. The steps are as follows:
Create your file in the same folder where
Vagrantfileexists:# wpblog.json { "wpblog":{ "db_password": "dbpass1234" }, "run_list": [ "recipe[wpblog::default]" ] }Comment on the
add_recipeline inVagrantfileand add the following code block inVagrantfile:chef.json.merge!(JSON.parse(File.read("wpblog.json")))Now,
Vagrantfilewill look like the following...