KNIFE-DEPS(1) knife deps KNIFE-DEPS(1)NAMEknife-deps - The man page for the knife deps subcommand.
The knife deps subcommand is used to identify dependencies for a node,
role, or cookbook.
Syntax
This subcommand has the following syntax:
$ knife deps (options)
Options
This subcommand has the following options:
-c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE
The configuration file to use.
--chef-repo-path PATH
The path to the chef-repo. This setting will override the
default path to the chef-repo. Default: same as specified by
chef_repo_path in config.rb.
--chef-zero-port PORT
The port on which chef-zero will listen.
--[no-]color
Use to view colored output.
--concurrency
The number of allowed concurrent connections. Default: 10.
-d, --disable-editing
Use to prevent the $EDITOR from being opened and to accept data
as-is.
--defaults
Use to have Knife use the default value instead of asking a user
to provide one.
-e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR
The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.
-E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT
The name of the environment. When this option is added to a com‐
mand, the command will run only against the named environment.
-F FORMAT, --format FORMAT
The output format: summary (default), text, json, yaml, and pp.
-h, --help
Shows help for the command.
-k KEY, --key KEY
The private key that Knife will use to sign requests made by the
API client to the Chef server.
--print-after
Use to show data after a destructive operation.
--[no-]recurse
Use --recurse to list dependencies recursively. This option can
only be used when --tree is set to true. Default: --no-recurse.
--remote
Use to determine dependencies from objects located on the Chef
server instead of in the local chef-repo. Default: false.
--repo-mode MODE
The layout of the local chef-repo. Possible values: static,
everything, or hosted_everything. Use static for just roles,
environments, cookbooks, and data bags. By default, everything
and hosted_everything are dynamically selected depending on the
server type. Default: everything / hosted_everything.
-s URL, --server-url URL
The URL for the Chef server.
--tree Use to show dependencies in a visual tree structure (including
duplicates, if they exist). Default: false.
-u USER, --user USER
The user name used by Knife to sign requests made by the API
client to the Chef server. Authentication will fail if the user
name does not match the private key.
-v, --version
The version of the chef-client.
-V, --verbose
Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.
-y, --yes
Use to respond to all confirmation prompts with "Yes". Knife
will not ask for confirmation.
-z, --local-mode
Use to run the chef-client in local mode. This allows all com‐
mands that work against the Chef server to also work against the
local chef-repo.
Examples
$ knife deps nodes/node_name.json
$ knife deps roles/role_name.json
$ knife deps cookbooks/cookbook_name.json
$ knife deps environments/environment_name.json
To find the dependencies for a combination of nodes, cookbooks, roles,
and/or environments:
$ knife deps cookbooks/git.json cookbooks/github.json roles/base.json environments/desert.json nodes/mynode.json
A wildcard can be used to return all of the child nodes. For example,
all of the environments:
$ knife deps environments/*.json
Use the --tree option to view the results with structure:
$ knife deps roles/webserver.json
to return something like:
roles/webserver.json
roles/base.json
cookbooks/github
cookbooks/git
cookbooks/users
cookbooks/apache2
The output of knife deps can be passed to knife upload:
$ knife upload `knife deps nodes/*.json
The output of knife deps can be passed to knife xargs:
$ knife deps nodes/*.json | xargs knife upload
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