Chef/Deprecations/NodeMethodsInsteadofAttributes

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Deprecations

Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	Yes	All Versions

Use node attributes to access data provided by Ohai instead of using node methods to access that data.

Examples

node.fqdn
node.platform
node.platform_family
node.platform_version
node.hostname

node['fqdn']
node['platform']
node['platform_family']
node['platform_version']
node['hostname']

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	5.4.0	String
Include		Array

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