You want to inspect the "compiled" attributes, not the default ones:
puts node.inspect
Question
I'm using Chef 11.8.2, with open source chef server I have the following statements in my role and cookbook file:
roles/webserver.rb
name "webserver"
description "Web Servers"
run_list %w{recipe[my_cookbook]}
default_attributes({
"company" => "OPSCODE"
})
cookbooks/my_cookbook/recipes/default.rb
puts node.default.inspect
It only prints "{}". And I checked that the node is correctly assigned to role webserver:
C:\chef\chef-repo>knife node show chef-client-1
Node Name: chef-client-1
Environment: dev
FQDN: chef-client-1.puncha.com
IP: 192.168.1.31
Run List: role[webserver]
Roles: webserver
Recipes: my_cookbook
Platform: ubuntu 12.10
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Solution
You want to inspect the "compiled" attributes, not the default ones:
puts node.inspect