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KNIFE-CONFIGURE(1)              knife configure             KNIFE-CONFIGURE(1)

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

       The knife configure subcommand is used to create the knife.rb and
       client.rb files so that they can be distributed to workstations and
       nodes.

       Syntax

       This subcommand has the following syntax when creating a knife.rb file:

          $ knife configure (options)

       and the following syntax when creating a client.rb file:

          $ knife configure client DIRECTORY

       Options

       This subcommand has the following options:

       --admin-client-key PATH
              The path to the private key used by the client, typically a file
              named admin.pem.

       --admin-client-name NAME
              The name of the client, typically the name of the admin client.

       -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.

       -i, --initial
              Use to create a API client, typically an administrator client on
              a freshly-installed Chef server.

       -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.

       -r REPO, --repository REPO
              The path to the chef-repo.

       -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.

       --validation-client-name NAME
              The name of the validation client.

       --validation-key PATH
              The path to the validation key used by the client, typically a
              file named validation.pem.

       -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

          $ knife configure

          $ knife configure client '/directory'

AUTHOR
       Chef

                                  Chef 11.14                KNIFE-CONFIGURE(1)