| KNIFE-STATUS(1) | knife status | KNIFE-STATUS(1) |
NAME¶
knife-status - The man page for the knife status subcommand.
The knife status subcommand is used to display a brief summary of the nodes on a Chef server, including the time of the most recent successful chef-client run.
Syntax
This subcommand has the following syntax:
$ knife status (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 command, 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.
- -H, --hide-healthy
- Use to hide nodes on which a chef-client run has occurred within the previous hour.
- -k KEY, --key KEY
- The private key that knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to the Chef server.
- --print-after
- Use to show data after a destructive operation.
- SEARCH_QUERY
- The search query used to identify a a list of items on a Chef server. This option uses the same syntax as the search sub-command.
- -r RUN_LIST, --run-list RUN_LIST
- A comma-separated list of roles and/or recipes to be applied.
- -s, --sort-reverse
- Use to sort a list by last run time, descending.
- --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 commands that work against the Chef server to also work against the local chef-repo.
Examples
To include run lists in the status, enter:
$ knife status --run-list
to return something like:
20 hours ago, dev-vm.chisamore.com, ubuntu 10.04, dev-vm.chisamore.com, 10.66.44.126, role[lb]. 3 hours ago, i-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web]. 3 hours ago, i-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206, role[web]. 3 hours ago, i-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-9-250.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250, role[web]. 3 hours ago, i-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-75-101-240-230.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230, role[web]. 3 hours ago, i-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-60-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141, role[web].
To show the status for nodes on which the chef-client did not run successfully within the past hour, enter:
$ knife status --hide-healthy
to return something like:
1 hour ago, i-256f884f, ubuntu 12.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web]. 1 hour ago, i-a47823c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.129.143.111, role[lb].
To show the status of a subset of nodes that are returned by a specific query, enter:
$ knife status "role:web" --run-list
to return something like:
3 hours ago, i-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web]. 3 hours ago, i-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206, role[web]. 3 hours ago, i-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-9-250.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250, role[web]. 3 hours ago, i-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-75-101-240-230.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230, role[web]. 3 hours ago, i-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-60-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141, role[web].
To view the status of all nodes in the organization, enter:
$ knife status
to return something like:
20 hours ago, dev-vm.chisamore.com, ubuntu 10.04, dev-vm.chisamore.com, 10.66.44.126 3 hours ago, i-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102 3 hours ago, i-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206 3 hours ago, i-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-9-250.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250 3 hours ago, i-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-75-101-240-230.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230 3 hours ago, i-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-60-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141
AUTHOR¶
Chef
| Chef 12.0 |