Knife::Helper

Helper and Command builder for knife (chef-server, knife-zero, etc)

Installation

Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:

“by gem ‘knife-helper’

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And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install knife-helper

Usage

knife helper init

Generate .knife.helper.yml,.chef/knife.rb and Berksfile,Cheffile(by option)

“ knife helper init (options) -c [PATH1,PATH2], Path to Cookbooks –cookbook-path -l, –local local mode (for zero) -r, –repo-path PATH Path to Chef Repogitory -B, –berks Generate Berksfile -L, –librarian Generate Cheffile

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knife helper list

List all command names (and options)

“ knife helper init (options) -a, –all Print all commands and options -f, –file FILE Path to config file(yaml) -F, –format FORMAT Which format to use for output

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knife helper build

Build and output some command that built from the configuration file.

“ knife helper build REGEX (option) -f, –file FILE Path to config file(yaml) -F, –format FORMAT Which format to use for output

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knife helper exec

Execute some command that built from the configuration file.

“ knife helper exec NAME (option) -f, –file FILE Path to config file(yaml) -p, –print-only Only print the command that built by helper

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Configuration

“ml

includes: - example.yml

settings: command_base: bundle exec knife

option_sets: - name: default options: ssh-user: ec2-user identity-file: ~/.ssh/example.pem hint: ec2

commands: - name: default command: zero chef_client condition: chef_environment:production option_sets: default options: attribute: ec2.public_ipv4

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includes

Include some external configuration files.
Type: Array

option_sets:name

Name of options for use commands.
Type: String

commands:options

Set od options.
Type: Hash

settings:command_base

Path to knife execution script. Type: String

commands:name

Name of command for execution.
Type: String

commands:condition

Condition for search and execute command.
Type: String

commands:option_sets

Option set to be used in the command.
Type: String or Array

commands:options

Command options.
Type: Hash

ChangeLog

see CHANGELOG

Contributing

• Source hosted at GitHub
• Report issues/questions/feature requests on GitHub Issues

Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested. Ideally create a topic branch for every separate change you make. For example:

1. Fork the repo
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Authors

Created and maintained by Masashi Terui (marcy9114@gmail.com)

License

Apache 2.0 (see LICENSE)