KNIFE-STATUS(1) knife status KNIFE-STATUS(1)NAMEknife-status - The man page for the knife status subcommand.
The knife status subcommand is used to display a brief summary of the
nodes on a Chef server, including the time of the most recent success‐
ful chef-client run.
Syntax
This subcommand has the following syntax:
$ knife status (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.
-H, --hide-healthy
Use to hide nodes on which a chef-client run has occurred within
the previous hour.
-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.
SEARCH_QUERY
The search query used to identify a a list of items on a Chef
server. This option uses the same syntax as the search sub-com‐
mand.
-r RUN_LIST, --run-list RUN_LIST
A comma-separated list of roles and/or recipes to be applied.
-s, --sort-reverse
Use to sort a list by last run time, descending.
--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 include run lists in the status, enter:
$ knife status --run-list
to return something like:
20 hours ago, dev-vm.chisamore.com, ubuntu 10.04, dev-vm.chisamore.com, 10.66.44.126, role[lb].
3 hours ago, i-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web].
3 hours ago, i-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206, role[web].
3 hours ago, i-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-9-250.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250, role[web].
3 hours ago, i-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-75-101-240-230.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230, role[web].
3 hours ago, i-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-60-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141, role[web].
To show the status for nodes on which the chef-client did not run suc‐
cessfully within the past hour, enter:
$ knife status --hide-healthy
to return something like:
1 hour ago, i-256f884f, ubuntu 12.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web].
1 hour ago, i-a47823c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.129.143.111, role[lb].
To show the status of a subset of nodes that are returned by a specific
query, enter:
$ knife status "role:web" --run-list
to return something like:
3 hours ago, i-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web].
3 hours ago, i-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206, role[web].
3 hours ago, i-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-9-250.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250, role[web].
3 hours ago, i-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-75-101-240-230.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230, role[web].
3 hours ago, i-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-60-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141, role[web].
To view the status of all nodes in the organization, enter:
$ knife status
to return something like:
20 hours ago, dev-vm.chisamore.com, ubuntu 10.04, dev-vm.chisamore.com, 10.66.44.126
3 hours ago, i-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102
3 hours ago, i-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206
3 hours ago, i-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-9-250.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250
3 hours ago, i-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-75-101-240-230.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230
3 hours ago, i-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-60-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141
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