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.TH "KNIFE\-CONFIGURE" "1" "June 2012" "Chef 10.12.0" "Chef Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBknife\-configure\fR \- Generate configuration files for knife or Chef Client
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBknife\fR \fBconfigure\fR [client] \fI(options)\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Generates a knife\.rb configuration file interactively\. When given the \-\-initial option, also creates a new administrative user\.
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.SH "CONFIGURE SUBCOMMANDS"
\fBknife configure\fR \fI(options)\fR
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.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-initial\fR
Create an initial API Client
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.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-repository REPO\fR
The path to your chef\-repo
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.P
Create a configuration file for knife\. This will prompt for values to enter into the file\. Default values are listed in square brackets if no other entry is typed\. See \fBknife\fR(1) for a description of configuration options\.
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.P
\fBknife configure client\fR \fIdirectory\fR
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.P
Read the \fIknife\.rb\fR config file and generate a config file suitable for use in \fI/etc/chef/client\.rb\fR and copy the validation certificate into the specified \fIdirectory\fR\.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.IP "\(bu" 4
On a freshly installed Chef Server, use \fIknife configure \-i\fR to create an administrator and knife configuration file\. Leave the field blank to accept the default value\. On most systems, the default values are acceptable\.
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.IP
user@host$ knife configure \-i
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.br
Please enter the chef server URL: [http://localhost:4000]
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.br
Please enter a clientname for the new client: [username]
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.br
Please enter the existing admin clientname: [chef\-webui]
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.br
Please enter the location of the existing admin client\'s private key: [/etc/chef/webui\.pem]
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.br
Please enter the validation clientname: [chef\-validator]
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.br
Please enter the location of the validation key: [/etc/chef/validation\.pem]
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.br
Please enter the path to a chef repository (or leave blank):
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.br
Creating initial API user\.\.\.
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.br
Created (or updated) client[username]
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.br
Configuration file written to /home/username/\.chef/knife\.rb
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.IP
This creates a new administrator client named \fIusername\fR, writes a configuration file to \fI/home/username/\.chef/knife\.rb\fR, and the private key to \fI/home/username/\.chef/username\.pem\fR\. The configuration file and private key may be copied to another system to facilitate administration of the Chef Server from a remote system\. Depending on the value given for the Chef Server URL, you may need to modify that setting after copying to a remote host\.
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBknife\fR(1) \fBknife\-client\fR(1)
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.SH "AUTHOR"
Chef was written by Adam Jacob \fIadam@opscode\.com\fR with many contributions from the community\.
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.SH "DOCUMENTATION"
This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman \fIjoshua@opscode\.com\fR\. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2\.0 License\.
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.SH "CHEF"
Knife is distributed with Chef\. \fIhttp://wiki\.opscode\.com/display/chef/Home\fR