KNIFE-RAW(1) knife raw KNIFE-RAW(1)NAMEknife-raw - The man page for the knife raw subcommand.
The knife raw subcommand is used to send a REST request to a specified
path using the Chef Server API.
Syntax
This subcommand has the following syntax:
$ knife raw REQUEST_PATH (options)
Options
This subcommand has the following options:
-c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE
The configuration file to use.
--chef-zero-port PORT
The port on which chef-zero will listen.
--[no-]color
Use to view colored output.
-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.
-i FILE, --input FILE
The name of a file to be used with the PUT or a POST request.
-k KEY, --key KEY
The private key that Knife will use to sign requests made by the
API client to the Chef server.
-m METHOD, --method METHOD
The request method: DELETE, GET, POST, or PUT. Default value:
GET.
--[no-]pretty
Use --no-pretty to disable pretty-print output for JSON.
Default: --pretty.
--print-after
Use to show data after a destructive operation.
-s URL, --server-url URL
The URL for the Chef server.
-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
To view information about a client:
knife raw /clients/<client_name>
To view information about a node:
knife raw /nodes/<node_name>
To delete a data bag, enter a command similar to:
$ knife raw -m DELETE /data/foo
to return something similar to:
{
"name":"foo",
"json_class":"Chef::DataBag",
"chef_type":"data_bag"
}
AUTHOR
Chef
Chef 11.14 KNIFE-RAW(1)
