knife-environment(1) - The man page for the knife environment subcommand.
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KNIFE-ENVIRONMENT(1) knife environment KNIFE-ENVIRONMENT(1) NAME knife-environment - The man page for the knife environment subcommand. An environment is a way to map an organization's real-life workflow to what can be configured and managed when using Chef server. Every orga‐ nization begins with a single environment called the _default environ‐ ment, which cannot be modified (or deleted). Additional environments can be created to reflect each organization's patterns and workflow. For example, creating production, staging, testing, and development environments. Generally, an environment is also associated with one (or more) cookbook versions. The knife environment subcommand is used to manage environments within a single organization on the Chef server. COMMON OPTIONS The following options may be used with any of the arguments available to the knife environment subcommand: --chef-zero-port PORT The port on which chef-zero will listen. -c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE The configuration file to use. -d, --disable-editing Use to prevent the $EDITOR from being opened and to accept data as-is. --defaults Use to have knife use the default value instead of asking a user to provide one. -e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands. -E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT The name of the environment. When this option is added to a com‐ mand, the command will run only against the named environment. -F FORMAT, --format FORMAT The output format: summary (default), text, json, yaml, and pp. -h, --help Shows help for the command. -k KEY, --key KEY The private key that knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to the Chef server. --[no-]color Use to view colored output. --print-after Use to show data after a destructive operation. -s URL, --server-url URL The URL for the Chef server. -u USER, --user USER 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. -V, --verbose Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity. -v, --version The version of the chef-client. -y, --yes Use to respond to all confirmation prompts with "Yes". knife will not ask for confirmation. -z, --local-mode Use to run the chef-client in local mode. This allows all com‐ mands that work against the Chef server to also work against the local chef-repo. COMPARE The compare argument is used to compare the cookbook version con‐ straints that are set on one (or more) environments. Syntax This argument has the following syntax: $ knife environment compare [ENVIRONMENT_NAME...] (options) Options This argument has the following options: -a, --all Use to upload all environments found at the specified path. -m, --mismatch Use to show only matching versions. Example To compare cookbook versions for a single environment: $ knife environment compare development to return something similar to: development apache 2.3.1 windows 4.1.2 To compare cookbook versions for multiple environments: $ knife environment compare development staging to return something similar to: development staging apache 2.3.1 1.2.2 windows 4.1.2 1.0.0 postgresql 1.0.0 1.0.0 To compare all cookbook versions for all environments: $ knife environment compare --all to return something similar to: staging development ulimit latest latest redisio latest latest journly latest latest aws latest latest test latest latest unicorn latest latest sensu latest latest runit latest latest templater latest latest powershell latest latest openssl latest latest rbenv latest latest rabbitmq latest latest postgresql latest latest mysql latest latest ohai latest latest git latest latest erlang latest latest ssh_known_hosts latest latest nginx latest latest database latest latest yum latest latest xfs latest latest apt latest latest dmg latest latest chef_handler latest latest windows 1.0.0 4.1.2 CREATE The create argument is used to add an environment object to the Chef server. When this argument is run, knife will open $EDITOR to enable editing of the ENVIRONMENT description field (unless a description is specified as part of the command). When finished, knife will add the environment to the Chef server. Syntax This argument has the following syntax: $ knife environment create ENVIRONMENT_NAME -d DESCRIPTION Options This argument has the following options: -d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION The description of the environment. This value will populate the description field for the environment on the Chef server. Examples To create an environment named dev with a description of The develop‐ ment environment.: $ knife environment create dev -d "The development environment." DELETE The delete argument is used to delete an environment from a Chef server. Syntax This argument has the following syntax: $ knife environment delete ENVIRONMENT_NAME Options This command does not have any specific options. Examples To delete an environment named dev, enter: $ knife environment delete dev Type Y to confirm a deletion. EDIT The edit argument is used to edit the attributes of an environment. When this argument is run, knife will open $EDITOR to enable editing of ENVIRONMENT attributes. When finished, knife will update the Chef server with those changes. Syntax This argument has the following syntax: $ knife environment edit ENVIRONMENT_NAME Options This command does not have any specific options. Examples To edit an environment named devops, enter: $ knife environment edit devops FROM FILE The from file argument is used to add or update an environment using a JSON or Ruby DSL description. Syntax This argument has the following syntax: $ knife environment from file FILE (options) Options This argument has the following options: -a, --all Use to upload all environments found at the specified path. Examples To add or update an environment using data contained in a JSON file: $ knife environment from file "path to JSON file" LIST The list argument is used to list all of the environments that are cur‐ rently available on the Chef server. Syntax This argument has the following syntax: $ knife environment list -w Options This argument has the following options: -w, --with-uri Use to show the corresponding URIs. Examples To view a list of environments: $ knife environment list -w SHOW The show argument is used to display information about the specified environment. Syntax This argument has the following syntax: $ knife environment show ENVIRONMENT_NAME Options This command does not have any specific options. Examples To view information about the dev environment enter: $ knife environment show dev to return: % knife environment show dev chef_type: environment cookbook_versions: default_attributes: description: json_class: Chef::Environment name: dev override_attributes: \\ \\ \\ \\ To view information in JSON format, use the -F common option as part of the command like this: $ knife role show devops -F json Other formats available include text, yaml, and pp. AUTHOR Chef Chef 12.0 KNIFE-ENVIRONMENT(1)
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