Different types of attributes

Chef provides six different types of attributes, as listed in the following table:

Attribute type	Description
default	This attribute is reset upon the start of every chef-client run and has the lowest attribute precedence. A cookbook should make the most use of the default attributes.
force_default	Say you've specified the same default attribute in role and environment along with a cookbook, and you want to ensure that the attribute in the cookbook takes precedence. In order to do so, one must make use of the force_default attribute type.
normal	A normal attribute is never reset and persists with the node object. It has higher precedence over the default attribute.
override	An override attribute has higher precedence over the default, force_default, and normal attributes. It can be defined in a recipe, role, or environment.
force_override	Similar to the force_default attribute, the force_override attribute specified in a recipe takes precedence over...