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Enter a command. For example: phploc, head, doctl balance, git cherry.

knife

CLI for interacting with a Chef server from a local Chef repo. More information: https://docs.chef.io/knife.html.

• Bootstrap a new node:
   
  knife bootstrap {{fqdn_or_ip}}
   
• List all registered nodes:
   
  knife node list
   
• Show a node:
   
  knife node show {{node_name}}
   
• Edit a node:
   
  knife node edit {{node_name}}
   
• Edit a role:
   
  knife role edit {{role_name}}
   
• View a data bag:
   
  knife data bag show {{data_bag_name}} {{data_bag_item}}
   
• Upload a local cookbook to the Chef server:
   
  knife cookbook upload {{cookbook_name}}