Use the knife configure
subcommand to create the knife.rb and client.rb files so that they can be distributed to workstations and nodes.
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
Note
Review the list of common options available to this (and all) knife subcommands and plugins.
This subcommand has the following options for use when configuring a knife.rb file:
--admin-client-name NAME
--admin-client-key PATH
admin.pem
.-i
, --initial
-r REPO
, --repository REPO
--validation-client-name NAME
--validation-key PATH
Note
See knife.rb for more information about how to add certain knife options as settings in the knife.rb file.
The following examples show how to use this knife subcommand:
Configure knife.rb
$ knife configure
Configure client.rb
$ knife configure client '/directory'
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https://docs-archive.chef.io/release/12-13/knife_configure.html