knife

Interact 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