knife_cheatsheet.md

Helpful Knife Commands and More

Knife

Show nodes runlist and metadata

knife node show <node_name> 

# Example:

knife node show tcx-dclap01192

Search for a Node by Hostname or IP

knife search node "hostname:*tcx-dclap01192*"

knife search node "ipaddress:*10.61.66.128*"

Chef Client

Run a single recipe and override run list

chef-client -o 'recipe[the_recipe::install]'

# Example:

chef-client -o 'recipe[ids_oneagent::default]