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knife-configure \- The man page for the knife configure subcommand.
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The \fBknife configure\fP subcommand is used to create the knife.rb and client.rb files so that they can be distributed to workstations and nodes.
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\fBSyntax\fP
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This subcommand has the following syntax when creating a knife.rb file:
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and the following syntax when creating a client.rb file:
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This subcommand has the following options:
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.B \fB\-\-admin\-client\-key PATH\fP
The path to the private key used by the client, typically a file named \fBadmin.pem\fP\&.
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.B \fB\-\-admin\-client\-name NAME\fP
The name of the client, typically the name of the admin client.
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.B \fB\-c CONFIG_FILE\fP, \fB\-\-config CONFIG_FILE\fP
The configuration file to use.
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.B \fB\-\-chef\-zero\-port PORT\fP
The port on which chef\-zero will listen.
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.B \fB\-\-[no\-]color\fP
Use to view colored output.
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.B \fB\-d\fP, \fB\-\-disable\-editing\fP
Use to prevent the $EDITOR from being opened and to accept data as\-is.
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.B \fB\-\-defaults\fP
Use to have knife 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 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\-i\fP, \fB\-\-initial\fP
Use to create a API client, typically an administrator client on a freshly\-installed Chef server\&.
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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 Chef server\&.
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.B \fB\-\-print\-after\fP
Use to show data after a destructive operation.
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.B \fB\-r REPO\fP, \fB\-\-repository REPO\fP
The path to the chef\-repo\&.
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.B \fB\-s URL\fP, \fB\-\-server\-url URL\fP
The URL for the Chef 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 Chef 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\-\-validation\-client\-name NAME\fP
The name of the validation client.
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.B \fB\-\-validation\-key PATH\fP
The path to the validation key used by the client, typically a file named \fBvalidation.pem\fP\&.
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.B \fB\-y\fP, \fB\-\-yes\fP
Use to respond to all confirmation prompts with "Yes". knife will not ask for confirmation.
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.B \fB\-z\fP, \fB\-\-local\-mode\fP
Use to run the chef\-client in local mode. This allows all commands that work against the Chef server to also work against the local chef\-repo\&.
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.SH AUTHOR
Chef
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