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

       The knife upload subcommand is used to upload roles, cookbooks,
       environments, and data bags to the Chef server from the current working
       directory in the chef-repo. This subcommand is often used in
       conjunction with knife diff, which can be used to see exactly what
       changes will be uploaded, and then knife download, which does the
       opposite of knife upload.

       Syntax

       This subcommand has the following syntax:

          $ knife upload [PATTERN...] (options)

       Options

       This subcommand has the following options:

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

       --chef-repo-path PATH
              The path to the chef-repo. This setting will override the
              default path to the chef-repo. Default: same as specified by
              chef_repo_path in config.rb.

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

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

       --concurrency
              The number of allowed concurrent connections. Default: 10.

       -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.

       --[no-]diff
              Use to upload only new and modified files. Set to false to
              upload all files. Default: true.

       -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.

       --[no-]force
              Use --force to upload roles, cookbooks, etc. even if the file in
              the directory is identical (by default, no POST or PUT is
              performed unless an actual change would be made). Default:
              --no-force.

       --[no-]freeze
              Use to require changes to a cookbook be included as a new
              version. Only the --force option can override this setting.
              Default: false.

       -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.

       -n, --dry-run
              Use to take no action and only print out results. Default:
              false.

       --print-after
              Use to show data after a destructive operation.

       --[no-]purge
              Use --purge to delete roles, cookbooks, etc. from the Chef
              server if their corresponding files do not exist in the
              chef-repo. By default, such objects are left alone and NOT
              purged. Default: --no-purge.

       --[no-]recurse
              Use --no-recurse to disable uploading a directory recursively.
              Default: --recurse.

       --repo-mode MODE
              The layout of the local chef-repo. Possible values: static,
              everything, or hosted_everything. Use static for just roles,
              environments, cookbooks, and data bags. By default, everything
              and hosted_everything are dynamically selected depending on the
              server type. Default: everything / hosted_everything.

       -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
              commands that work against the Chef server to also work against
              the local chef-repo.

       Examples

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload

       or from anywhere in the chef-repo, enter:

          $ knife upload /

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload cookbooks

       or from anywhere in the chef-repo, enter:

          $ knife upload /cookbooks

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload environments

       or from anywhere in the chef-repo, enter:

          $ knife upload /environments

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload environments/production.json

       or from the environments/ directory, enter:

          $ knife upload production.json

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload roles

       or from anywhere in the chef-repo, enter:

          $ knife upload /roles

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload cookbooks/apache\* roles/webserver.json

          $ knife upload `knife deps nodes/*.json`

AUTHOR
       Chef

                                  Chef 11.14                   KNIFE-UPLOAD(1)