.TH "KNIFE-DEPS" "1" "Chef 11.8.0" "" "knife deps"
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knife-deps \- The man page for the knife deps subcommand.
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The \fBknife deps\fP subcommand is used to identify dependencies for a node, role, or cookbook.
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\fBCommon Options\fP
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The following options can be run with all Knife sub\-commands and plug\-ins:
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.B \fB\-c CONFIG\fP, \fB\-\-config CONFIG\fP
The configuration file to use.
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.B \fB\-\-color\fP
Indicates that colored output will be used.
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.B \fB\-d\fP, \fB\-\-disable\-editing\fP
Indicates that $EDITOR will not be opened; data will be accepted as\-is.
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.B \fB\-\-defaults\fP
Indicates that Knife will use the default value, instead of asking a user to provide one.
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.B \fB\-e EDITOR\fP, \fB\-\-editor EDITOR\fP
The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.
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.B \fB\-E ENVIRONMENT\fP, \fB\-\-environment ENVIRONMENT\fP
The name of the environment. When this option is added to a command, the command will run only against the named environment.
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.B \fB\-f FILE_NAME\fP, \fB\-\-file FILE_NAME\fP
Indicates that the private key will be saved to a specified file name.
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.B \fB\-F FORMAT\fP, \fB\-\-format FORMAT\fP
The output format: \fBsummary\fP (default), \fBtext\fP, \fBjson\fP, \fByaml\fP, and \fBpp\fP.
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.B \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
Shows help for the command.
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.B \fB\-k KEY\fP, \fB\-\-key KEY\fP
The private key that Knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to the server.
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.B \fB\-\-no\-color\fP
Indicates that color will not be used in the output.
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.B \fB\-p PASSWORD\fP, \fB\-\-password PASSWORD\fP
The user password.
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.B \fB\-\-print\-after\fP
Indicates that data will be shown after a destructive operation.
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.B \fB\-s URL\fP, \fB\-\-server\-url URL\fP
The URL for the server.
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.B \fB\-u USER\fP, \fB\-\-user USER\fP
The user name used by Knife to sign requests made by the API client to the server. Authentication will fail if the user name does not match the private key.
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.B \fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
The version of the chef\-client.
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.B \fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
Set for more verbose outputs. Use \fB\-VV\fP for maximum verbosity.
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.B \fB\-y\fP, \fB\-\-yes\fP
Indicates that the response to all confirmation prompts will be "Yes" (and that Knife will not ask for confirmation).
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\fBSyntax\fP
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This argument has the following syntax:
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$ knife deps (options)
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\fBOptions\fP
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This subcommand has the following options:
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.B \fB\-\-chef\-repo\-path PATH\fP
The path to the chef\-repo. This setting will override the default path to the chef\-repo. Default: same as specified by \fBchef_repo_path\fP in config.rb.
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.B \fB\-\-concurrency\fP
The number of allowed concurrent connections. Default: \fB10\fP.
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.B \fB\-\-[no\-]recurse\fP
Use \fB\-\-recurse\fP to list dependencies recursively. This option can only be used when \fB\-\-tree\fP is set to \fBtrue\fP. Default: \fB\-\-no\-recurse\fP.
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.B \fB\-\-remote\fP
Indicates that dependencies will be determined from objects located on the server instead of the local chef\-repo. Default: \fBfalse\fP.
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.B \fB\-\-repo\-mode MODE\fP
The layout of the local chef\-repo. Possible values: \fBstatic\fP, \fBeverything\fP, or \fBhosted_everything\fP. Use \fBstatic\fP for just roles, environments, cookbooks, and data bags. By default, \fBeverything\fP and \fBhosted_everything\fP are dynamically selected depending on the server type. Default: \fBeverything\fP / \fBhosted_everything\fP.
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.B \fB\-\-tree\fP
Indicates that dependencies are shown in a visual tree structure (including duplicates, if they exist). Default: \fBfalse\fP.
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\fBExamples\fP
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To find the dependencies for a node:
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$ knife deps nodes/node_name.json
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To find the dependencies for a role:
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$ knife deps roles/role_name.json
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To find the dependencies for a cookbook:
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$ knife deps cookbooks/cookbook_name.json
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To find the dependencies for an environment:
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$ knife deps environments/environment_name.json
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To find the dependencies for a combination of nodes, cookbooks, roles, and/or environments:
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$ knife deps cookbooks/git.json cookbooks/github.json roles/base.json environments/desert.json nodes/mynode.json
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To use a wildcard to return all the child nodes:
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$ knife deps environments/*.json
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Use the \fB\-\-tree\fP option to view the results with structure:
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$ knife deps roles/webserver.json
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to return something like:
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roles/webserver.json
  roles/base.json
    cookbooks/github
      cookbooks/git
    cookbooks/users
  cookbooks/apache2
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To pass the output of \fBknife deps\fP to \fBknife upload\fP, do something like the following:
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$ knife upload \(gaknife deps nodes/*.json
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To pass the output of \fBknife deps\fP to \fBknife xargs\fP:
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$ knife deps nodes/*.json | xargs knife upload
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.SH AUTHOR
Opscode
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