knife-raw(1) - The man page for the knife raw subcommand.

[amurleopard]

KNIFE-RAW(1)			   knife raw			  KNIFE-RAW(1)



NAME
       knife-raw - The man page for the knife raw subcommand.

       The  knife raw subcommand is used to send a REST request to an endpoint
       in the Chef server API.

       Syntax

       This subcommand has the following syntax:

	  $ knife raw REQUEST_PATH (options)

       Options

       This subcommand has the following options:

       -c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE
	      The configuration file to use.

       --chef-zero-port PORT
	      The port on which chef-zero will listen.

       --[no-]color
	      Use to view colored output.

       -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.

       -i FILE, --input FILE
	      The name of a file to be used with the PUT or a POST request.

       -k KEY, --key KEY
	      The private key that knife will use to sign requests made by the
	      API client to the Chef server.

       -m METHOD, --method METHOD
	      The request method: DELETE, GET, POST, or  PUT.  Default	value:
	      GET.

       --[no-]pretty
	      Use   --no-pretty  to  disable  pretty-print  output  for  JSON.
	      Default: --pretty.

       --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, --version
	      The version of the chef-client.

       -V, --verbose
	      Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.

       -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.

       Examples

       To view information about a client:

	  knife raw /clients/<client_name>

       To view information about a node:

	  knife raw /nodes/<node_name>

       To delete a data bag, enter a command similar to:

	  $ knife raw -m DELETE /data/foo

       to return something similar to:

	  {
	    "name":"foo",
	    "json_class":"Chef::DataBag",
	    "chef_type":"data_bag"
	  }

AUTHOR
       Chef



				   Chef 12.0			  KNIFE-RAW(1)