<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv='content-type' value='text/html;charset=utf8'> <meta name='generator' value='Ronn/v0.7.3 (http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3)'> <title>knife-index(1) - Rebuild the search index on a Chef Server</title> <style type='text/css' media='all'> /* style: man */ body#manpage {margin:0} .mp {max-width:100ex;padding:0 9ex 1ex 4ex} .mp p,.mp pre,.mp ul,.mp ol,.mp dl {margin:0 0 20px 0} .mp h2 {margin:10px 0 0 0} .mp > p,.mp > pre,.mp > ul,.mp > ol,.mp > dl {margin-left:8ex} .mp h3 {margin:0 0 0 4ex} .mp dt {margin:0;clear:left} .mp dt.flush {float:left;width:8ex} .mp dd {margin:0 0 0 9ex} .mp h1,.mp h2,.mp h3,.mp h4 {clear:left} .mp pre {margin-bottom:20px} .mp pre+h2,.mp pre+h3 {margin-top:22px} .mp h2+pre,.mp h3+pre {margin-top:5px} .mp img {display:block;margin:auto} .mp h1.man-title {display:none} .mp,.mp code,.mp pre,.mp tt,.mp kbd,.mp samp,.mp h3,.mp h4 {font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857142857143} .mp h2 {font-size:16px;line-height:1.25} .mp h1 {font-size:20px;line-height:2} .mp {text-align:justify;background:#fff} .mp,.mp code,.mp pre,.mp pre code,.mp tt,.mp kbd,.mp samp {color:#131211} .mp h1,.mp h2,.mp h3,.mp h4 {color:#030201} .mp u {text-decoration:underline} .mp code,.mp strong,.mp b {font-weight:bold;color:#131211} .mp em,.mp var {font-style:italic;color:#232221;text-decoration:none} .mp a,.mp a:link,.mp a:hover,.mp a code,.mp a pre,.mp a tt,.mp a kbd,.mp a samp {color:#0000ff} .mp b.man-ref {font-weight:normal;color:#434241} .mp pre {padding:0 4ex} .mp pre code {font-weight:normal;color:#434241} .mp h2+pre,h3+pre {padding-left:0} ol.man-decor,ol.man-decor li {margin:3px 0 10px 0;padding:0;float:left;width:33%;list-style-type:none;text-transform:uppercase;color:#999;letter-spacing:1px} ol.man-decor {width:100%} ol.man-decor li.tl {text-align:left} ol.man-decor li.tc {text-align:center;letter-spacing:4px} ol.man-decor li.tr {text-align:right;float:right} </style> <style type='text/css' media='all'> /* style: toc */ .man-navigation {display:block !important;position:fixed;top:0;left:113ex;height:100%;width:100%;padding:48px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #dbdbdb;background:#eee} .man-navigation a,.man-navigation a:hover,.man-navigation a:link,.man-navigation a:visited {display:block;margin:0;padding:5px 2px 5px 30px;color:#999;text-decoration:none} .man-navigation a:hover {color:#111;text-decoration:underline} </style> </head> <!-- The following styles are deprecated and will be removed at some point: div#man, div#man ol.man, div#man ol.head, div#man ol.man. The .man-page, .man-decor, .man-head, .man-foot, .man-title, and .man-navigation should be used instead. --> <body id='manpage'> <div class='mp' id='man'> <div class='man-navigation' style='display:none'> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a> <a href="#SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a> <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a> <a href="#DOCUMENTATION">DOCUMENTATION</a> <a href="#CHEF">CHEF</a> </div> <ol class='man-decor man-head man head'> <li class='tl'>knife-index(1)</li> <li class='tc'>Chef Manual</li> <li class='tr'>knife-index(1)</li> </ol> <h2 id="NAME">NAME</h2> <p class="man-name"> <code>knife-index</code> - <span class="man-whatis">Rebuild the search index on a Chef Server</span> </p> <h2 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h2> <p><strong>knife</strong> <strong>index rebuild</strong> <em>(options)</em></p> <dl> <dt><code>-y</code>, <code>--yes</code></dt><dd>don't bother to ask if I'm sure</dd> </dl> <h2 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h2> <p>Rebuilds all the search indexes on the server. This is accomplished by deleting all objects from the search index, and then forwarding each item in the database to <strong>chef-expander</strong>(8) via <strong>rabbitmq-server</strong>(1). Depending on the number of objects in the database, it may take some time for all objects to be indexed and available for search.</p> <h2 id="SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</h2> <p> <strong>knife-search</strong>(1)</p> <h2 id="AUTHOR">AUTHOR</h2> <p> Chef was written by Adam Jacob <a href="mailto:adam@opscode.com" data-bare-link="true">adam@opscode.com</a> with many contributions from the community.</p> <h2 id="DOCUMENTATION">DOCUMENTATION</h2> <p> This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman <a href="mailto:joshua@opscode.com" data-bare-link="true">joshua@opscode.com</a>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.</p> <h2 id="CHEF">CHEF</h2> <p> Knife is distributed with Chef. <a href="http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home" data-bare-link="true">http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home</a></p> <ol class='man-decor man-foot man foot'> <li class='tl'>Chef 11.0.0.beta.2</li> <li class='tc'>January 2013</li> <li class='tr'>knife-index(1)</li> </ol> </div> </body> </html>