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diff --git a/distro/common/man/man1/knife-configure.1 b/distro/common/man/man1/knife-configure.1 index 8ca138f3d4..aef0507f88 100644 --- a/distro/common/man/man1/knife-configure.1 +++ b/distro/common/man/man1/knife-configure.1 @@ -1,152 +1,58 @@ -.TH "KNIFE-CONFIGURE" "1" "Chef 11.8" "" "knife configure" -.SH NAME -knife-configure \- The man page for the knife configure subcommand. -. -.nr rst2man-indent-level 0 -. -.de1 rstReportMargin -\\$1 \\n[an-margin] -level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] -level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] -- -\\n[rst2man-indent0] -\\n[rst2man-indent1] -\\n[rst2man-indent2] -.. -.de1 INDENT -.\" .rstReportMargin pre: -. RS \\$1 -. nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] -. nr rst2man-indent-level +1 -.\" .rstReportMargin post: -.. -.de UNINDENT -. RE -.\" indent \\n[an-margin] -.\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] -.nr rst2man-indent-level -1 -.\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] -.in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u -.. -.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. -. -.sp -The \fBknife configure\fP subcommand is used to create the knife.rb and client.rb files so that they can be distributed to workstations and nodes. -.sp -\fBCommon Options\fP -.sp -The following options can be run with all Knife sub\-commands and plug\-ins: -.INDENT 0.0 -.TP -.B \fB\-c CONFIG\fP, \fB\-\-config CONFIG\fP -The configuration file to use. -.TP -.B \fB\-\-color\fP -Indicates that colored output will be used. -.TP -.B \fB\-d\fP, \fB\-\-disable\-editing\fP -Indicates that $EDITOR will not be opened; data will be accepted as\-is. -.TP -.B \fB\-\-defaults\fP -Indicates that Knife will use the default value, instead of asking a user to provide one. -.TP -.B \fB\-e EDITOR\fP, \fB\-\-editor EDITOR\fP -The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands. -.TP -.B \fB\-E ENVIRONMENT\fP, \fB\-\-environment ENVIRONMENT\fP -The name of the environment. When this option is added to a command, the command will run only against the named environment. -.TP -.B \fB\-f FILE_NAME\fP, \fB\-\-file FILE_NAME\fP -Indicates that the private key will be saved to a specified file name. -.TP -.B \fB\-F FORMAT\fP, \fB\-\-format FORMAT\fP -The output format: \fBsummary\fP (default), \fBtext\fP, \fBjson\fP, \fByaml\fP, and \fBpp\fP. -.TP -.B \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP -Shows help for the command. -.TP -.B \fB\-k KEY\fP, \fB\-\-key KEY\fP -The private key that Knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to the server. -.TP -.B \fB\-\-no\-color\fP -Indicates that color will not be used in the output. -.TP -.B \fB\-p PASSWORD\fP, \fB\-\-password PASSWORD\fP -The user password. -.TP -.B \fB\-\-print\-after\fP -Indicates that data will be shown after a destructive operation. -.TP -.B \fB\-s URL\fP, \fB\-\-server\-url URL\fP -The URL for the server. -.TP -.B \fB\-u USER\fP, \fB\-\-user USER\fP -The user name used by Knife to sign requests made by the API client to the server. Authentication will fail if the user name does not match the private key. -.TP -.B \fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP -The version of the chef\-client. -.TP -.B \fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP -Set for more verbose outputs. Use \fB\-VV\fP for maximum verbosity. -.TP -.B \fB\-y\fP, \fB\-\-yes\fP -Indicates that the response to all confirmation prompts will be "Yes" (and that Knife will not ask for confirmation). -.UNINDENT -.sp -\fBSyntax\fP -.sp -This argument has the following syntax: -.sp -.nf -.ft C -$ knife configure (options) -.ft P -.fi -.sp -\fBOptions\fP -.sp -This subcommand has the following options: -.INDENT 0.0 -.TP -.B \fB\-\-admin\-client\-name NAME\fP -The name of the client, typically the name of the admin client. -.TP -.B \fB\-\-admin\-client\-key PATH\fP -The path to the private key used by the client, typically a file named \fBadmin.pem\fP. -.TP -.B \fB\-i\fP, \fB\-\-initial\fP -Use to create a API client, typically an administrator client on a freshly\-installed server. -.TP -.B \fB\-r REPO\fP, \fB\-\-repository REPO\fP -The path to the chef\-repo. +.\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3 +.\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3 +. +.TH "KNIFE\-CONFIGURE" "1" "October 2013" "Chef 11.8.0.rc.0" "Chef Manual" +. +.SH "NAME" +\fBknife\-configure\fR \- Generate configuration files for knife or Chef Client +. +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +\fBknife\fR \fBconfigure\fR [client] \fI(options)\fR +. +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +Generates a knife\.rb configuration file interactively\. When given the \-\-initial option, also creates a new administrative user\. +. +.SH "CONFIGURE SUBCOMMANDS" +\fBknife configure\fR \fI(options)\fR +. .TP -.B \fB\-\-validation\-client\-name NAME\fP -The name of the validation client. +\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-initial\fR +Create an initial API Client +. .TP -.B \fB\-\-validation\-key PATH\fP -The path to the validation key used by the client, typically a file named \fBvalidation.pem\fP. -.UNINDENT -.sp -\fBExamples\fP -.sp -To create a knife.rb file, enter: -.sp -.nf -.ft C -$ knife configure -.ft P -.fi -.sp -To configure a client.rb, enter: -.sp -.nf -.ft C -$ knife configure client \(aq/directory\(aq -.ft P -.fi -.SH AUTHOR -Opscode -.SH COPYRIGHT -This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License -.\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. +\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-repository REPO\fR +The path to your chef\-repo +. +.P +Create a configuration file for knife\. This will prompt for values to enter into the file\. Default values are listed in square brackets if no other entry is typed\. See \fBknife\fR(1) for a description of configuration options\. +. +.P +\fBknife configure client\fR \fIdirectory\fR +. +.P +Read the \fIknife\.rb\fR config file and generate a config file suitable for use in \fI/etc/chef/client\.rb\fR and copy the validation certificate into the specified \fIdirectory\fR\. +. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +. +.IP "\(bu" 4 +On a freshly installed Chef Server, use \fIknife configure \-i\fR to create an administrator and knife configuration file\. Leave the field blank to accept the default value\. On most systems, the default values are acceptable\. +. +.IP +user@host$ knife configure \-i Please enter the chef server URL: [http://localhost:4000] Please enter a clientname for the new client: [username] Please enter the existing admin clientname: [chef\-webui] Please enter the location of the existing admin client\'s private key: [/etc/chef/webui\.pem] Please enter the validation clientname: [chef\-validator] Please enter the location of the validation key: [/etc/chef/validation\.pem] Please enter the path to a chef repository (or leave blank): Creating initial API user\.\.\. Created (or updated) client[username] Configuration file written to /home/username/\.chef/knife\.rb +. +.IP +This creates a new administrator client named \fIusername\fR, writes a configuration file to \fI/home/username/\.chef/knife\.rb\fR, and the private key to \fI/home/username/\.chef/username\.pem\fR\. The configuration file and private key may be copied to another system to facilitate administration of the Chef Server from a remote system\. Depending on the value given for the Chef Server URL, you may need to modify that setting after copying to a remote host\. +. +.IP "" 0 +. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +\fBknife\fR(1) \fBknife\-client\fR(1) +. +.SH "AUTHOR" +Chef was written by Adam Jacob \fIadam@opscode\.com\fR with many contributions from the community\. +. +.SH "DOCUMENTATION" +This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman \fIjoshua@opscode\.com\fR\. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2\.0 License\. . +.SH "CHEF" +Knife is distributed with Chef\. \fIhttp://wiki\.opscode\.com/display/chef/Home\fR |