CHEF, how do you replace node.set/node.save in chef solo?

Question

How do you replace node.set/node.save in chef solo?

I am using node.set/node.save in this example to execute certain commands on first run-> http://docs.opscode.com/essentials_cookbook_resources_first_run.html

But on chef-solo there is no node.set/node.save. So what replaces that? How to store persistent flags in this example in chef solo?

Answer 1

There is no persistence in Chef Solo (it's one of the major drawbacks). You should do something like this:

node.save unless Chef::Config[:solo]

You can still call node.set safely, but that data is only persisted in the run.

You may also want to look into something like Chef Zero or Knife Solo.