Where is knife.rb

Management Console. Compliance scanner. Extension APIs. Knife Plugins. Ohai Plugins. Table Of Contents Setting up Knife config. Example config. Generating a config. This page is about: current version of Chef. Provide feedback on Chef documentation. Note If multiple configuration files exists in a. Warning Review the full list of optional settings that can be added to the config. Many of these optional settings should not be added to the config. The reasons for not adding them can vary.

For example, using --yes as a default in the config. In general, if the optional settings are not listed on the main config. Was this page helpful? Yes, thanks! The following knife ssh settings can be added to the knife. The following knife status settings can be added to the knife. The following knife upload settings can be added to the knife.

The following knife user create settings can be added to the knife. The following knife user reregister settings can be added to the knife. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3. We are not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Chef Inc. Upgrade to Chef Server Authentication, Authorization. Cookbooks 0. Cookbook Directories and Metadata. Debug Recipes, chef-client Runs. Extend Chef 0. Index 0. Install the chef-client on Microsoft Windows. Workflow Tools 0.

When a subcommand is run, knife will use:. A value passed via the command line will override a value in the knife. Some of the optional knife. The frequency of use of any option varies from organization to organization, so even though the following settings are often added to a knife.

The template file to be used during a bootstrap operation. The following distributions are supported:. Do not use the --template-file option when --distro is specified. Some organizations choose to have all data bags use the same secret and secret file, rather than have a unique secret and secret file for each data bag.

To use the same secret and secret file for all data bags, add the following to knife. Some settings are better left to Ohai, which will get the value at the start of the chef-client run:.

Review the full list of optional settings that can be added to the knife. Many of these optional settings should not be added to the knife. The reasons for not adding them can vary. For example, using --yes as a default in the knife. In general, if the optional settings are not listed on the main knife.