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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:

The configuration file to use.
The port on which chef-zero will listen.
--[no-]color
Use to view colored output.
Use to prevent the $EDITOR from being opened and to accept data as-is.
Use to have knife use the default value instead of asking a user to provide one.
The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.
The name of the environment. When this option is added to a command, the command will run only against the named environment.
The output format: summary (default), text, json, yaml, and pp.
Shows help for the command.
The name of a file to be used with the PUT or a POST request.
The private key that knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to the Chef server.
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.
Use to show data after a destructive operation.
The URL for the Chef server.
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.
The version of the chef-client.
Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.
Use to respond to all confirmation prompts with "Yes". knife will not ask for confirmation.
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.

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