.TH "KNIFE-STATUS" "1" "Chef 11.8.0" "" "knife status"
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knife-status \- The man page for the knife status subcommand.
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The \fBknife status\fP subcommand is used to display a brief summary of the nodes on a server, including the time of the most recent successful chef\-client run.
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\fBCommon Options\fP
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The following options can be run with all Knife sub\-commands and plug\-ins:
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.B \fB\-c CONFIG\fP, \fB\-\-config CONFIG\fP
The configuration file to use.
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.B \fB\-\-color\fP
Indicates that colored output will be used.
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.B \fB\-d\fP, \fB\-\-disable\-editing\fP
Indicates that $EDITOR will not be opened; data will be accepted as\-is.
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.B \fB\-\-defaults\fP
Indicates that Knife will use the default value, instead of asking a user to provide one.
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.B \fB\-e EDITOR\fP, \fB\-\-editor EDITOR\fP
The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.
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.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.
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.B \fB\-f FILE_NAME\fP, \fB\-\-file FILE_NAME\fP
Indicates that the private key will be saved to a specified file name.
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.B \fB\-F FORMAT\fP, \fB\-\-format FORMAT\fP
The output format: \fBsummary\fP (default), \fBtext\fP, \fBjson\fP, \fByaml\fP, and \fBpp\fP.
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.B \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
Shows help for the command.
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.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.
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.B \fB\-\-no\-color\fP
Indicates that color will not be used in the output.
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.B \fB\-p PASSWORD\fP, \fB\-\-password PASSWORD\fP
The user password.
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.B \fB\-\-print\-after\fP
Indicates that data will be shown after a destructive operation.
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.B \fB\-s URL\fP, \fB\-\-server\-url URL\fP
The URL for the server.
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.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.
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.B \fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
The version of the chef\-client.
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.B \fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
Set for more verbose outputs. Use \fB\-VV\fP for maximum verbosity.
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.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).
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\fBSyntax\fP
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This argument has the following syntax:
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$ knife status (options)
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\fBOptions\fP
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This subcommand has the following options:
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.B \fBQUERY\fP
The search query used to identify a a list of items on a server. This option uses the same syntax as the \fBsearch\fP sub\-command.
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.B \fB\-H\fP, \fB\-\-hide\-healthy\fP
Indicates that nodes on which a chef\-client run has occurred within the previous hour will be hidden.
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.B \fB\-r RUN_LIST\fP, \fB\-\-run\-list RUN_LIST\fP
A comma\-separated list of roles and/or recipes to be applied.
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.B \fB\-s\fP, \fB\-\-sort\-reverse\fP
Indicates that the list will be sorted by last run time, descending.
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\fBExamples\fP
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To include run lists in the status, enter:
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$ knife status \-\-run\-list
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to return something like:
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20 hours ago, dev\-vm.chisamore.com, ubuntu 10.04, dev\-vm.chisamore.com, 10.66.44.126, role[lb].
3 hours ago, i\-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-67\-202\-63\-102.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web].
3 hours ago, i\-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-174\-129\-127\-206.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206, role[web].
3 hours ago, i\-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-184\-73\-9\-250.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250, role[web].
3 hours ago, i\-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-75\-101\-240\-230.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230, role[web].
3 hours ago, i\-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-184\-73\-60\-141.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141, role[web].
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To show the status for nodes on which the chef\-client did not run successfully within the past hour, enter:
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$ knife status \-\-hide\-healthy
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to return something like:
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.nf
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1 hour ago, i\-256f884f, ubuntu 12.04, ec2\-67\-202\-63\-102.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web].
1 hour ago, i\-a47823c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-174\-129\-127\-206.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 184.129.143.111, role[lb].
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To show the status of a subset of nodes that are returned by a specific query, enter:
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$ knife status "role:web" \-\-run\-list
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to return something like:
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.nf
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3 hours ago, i\-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-67\-202\-63\-102.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web].
3 hours ago, i\-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-174\-129\-127\-206.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206, role[web].
3 hours ago, i\-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-184\-73\-9\-250.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250, role[web].
3 hours ago, i\-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-75\-101\-240\-230.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230, role[web].
3 hours ago, i\-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-184\-73\-60\-141.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141, role[web].
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To view the status of all nodes in the organization, enter:
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.nf
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$ knife status
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to return something like:
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.nf
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20 hours ago, dev\-vm.chisamore.com, ubuntu 10.04, dev\-vm.chisamore.com, 10.66.44.126
3 hours ago, i\-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-67\-202\-63\-102.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102
3 hours ago, i\-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-174\-129\-127\-206.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206
3 hours ago, i\-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-184\-73\-9\-250.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250
3 hours ago, i\-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-75\-101\-240\-230.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230
3 hours ago, i\-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2\-184\-73\-60\-141.compute\-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141
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.SH AUTHOR
Opscode
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