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NAME

       chef-solo - The man page for the chef-solo command line tool.

       chef-solo  is  an  open source version of the chef-client that allows using cookbooks with
       nodes without requiring access to a Chef server. chef-solo runs locally and requires  that
       a  cookbook  (and  any  of  its  dependencies)  be  on the same physical disk as the node.
       chef-solo is a limited-functionality version of the chef-client and does not  support  the
       following:

       • Node data storage

       • Search indexes

       • Centralized distribution of cookbooks

       • A centralized API that interacts with and integrates infrastructure components

       • Authentication or authorization

       • Persistent attributes

       NOTE:
          chef-solo can be run as a daemon.

       The chef-solo executable is run as a command-line tool.

       Options

       This command has the following syntax:

          chef-solo OPTION VALUE OPTION VALUE ...

       This command has the following options:

       -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
              The configuration file to use.

       -d, --daemonize
              Use  to  run  the  executable as a daemon.  This option may not be used in the same
              command with the --[no-]fork option.

              This option is only available on machines that run in UNIX or  Linux  environments.
              For machines that are running Microsoft Windows that require similar functionality,
              use   the   chef-client::service    recipe    in    the    chef-client    cookbook:
              http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/chef-client. This will install a chef-client
              service under Microsoft Windows using the Windows Service Wrapper.

       -E ENVIRONMENT_NAME, --environment ENVIRONMENT_NAME
              The name of the environment.

       -f, --[no-]fork
              Use to contain the chef-client run in a secondary process with dedicated RAM.  When
              the  chef-client  run  is  complete the RAM will be returned to the master process.
              This option helps ensure that a chef-client will use a steady amount  of  RAM  over
              time  because  the  master process will not run recipes. This option will also help
              prevent memory leaks (such as those that can be introduced by  the  code  contained
              within   a  poorly  designed  cookbook).  Use  --no-fork  to  disable  running  the
              chef-client in fork node. Default value: --fork. This option may not be used in the
              same command with the --daemonize and --interval options.

       -F FORMAT, --format FORMAT
              The output format: doc (default) or min.

              Use  doc  to  print  the  progress  of  the chef-client run using full strings that
              display a summary of updates as they occur.

              Use min to print the progress of the chef-client run  using  single  characters.  A
              summary  of  updates  is  printed  at  the end of the chef-client run. A dot (.) is
              printed for events that do not have meaningful status information, such as  loading
              a  file  or  synchronizing a cookbook. For resources, a dot (.) is printed when the
              resource is up to date, an S is printed when the resource is skipped by  not_if  or
              only_if, and a U is printed when the resource is updated.

              Other  formatting options are available when those formatters are configured in the
              client.rb file using the add_formatter option.

       --force-formatter
              Use to show formatter output instead of logger output.

       --force-logger
              Use to show logger output instead of formatter output.

       -g GROUP, --group GROUP
              The name of the group that owns a process.  This  is  required  when  starting  any
              executable as a daemon.

       -h, --help
              Shows help for the command.

       -i SECONDS, --interval SECONDS
              The  frequency  (in seconds) at which the chef-client runs. When the chef-client is
              run at intervals, --splay and --interval values are applied before the  chef-client
              run. This option may not be used in the same command with the --[no-]fork option.

       -j PATH, --json-attributes PATH
              The path to a file that contains JSON data.

              Use this option to define a run_list object. For example, a JSON file similar to:

                 "run_list": [
                   "recipe[base]",
                   "recipe[foo]",
                   "recipe[bar]",
                   "role[webserver]"
                 ],

              may be used by running chef-client -j path/to/file.json.

              In certain situations this option may be used to update normal attributes.

              WARNING:
                 Any  other attribute type that is contained in this JSON file will be treated as
                 a normal attribute. For example, attempting to update override attributes  using
                 the -j option:

                     {
                       "name": "dev-99",
                       "description": "Install some stuff",
                       "override_attributes": {
                         "apptastic": {
                           "enable_apptastic": "false",
                           "apptastic_tier_name": "dev-99.bomb.com"
                         }
                       }
                     }

                 will result in a node object similar to:

                     {
                       "name": "maybe-dev-99",
                       "normal": {
                       "name": "dev-99",
                         "description": "Install some stuff",
                         "override_attributes": {
                           "apptastic": {
                             "enable_apptastic": "false",
                             "apptastic_tier_name": "dev-99.bomb.com"
                           }
                         }
                       }
                     }

       -l LEVEL, --log_level LEVEL
              The level of logging that will be stored in a log file.

       -L LOGLOCATION, --logfile c
              The  location in which log file output files will be saved. If this location is set
              to something other than STDOUT, standard output logging  will  still  be  performed
              (otherwise there would be no output other than to a file). This is recommended when
              starting any executable as a daemon.

       --[no-]color
              Use to view colored output. Default setting: --color.

       -N NODE_NAME, --node-name NODE_NAME
              The name of the node.

       -o RUN_LIST_ITEM, --override-runlist RUN_LIST_ITEM
              Replace the current run list with the specified items.

       -r RECIPE_URL, --recipe-url RECIPE_URL
              The URL location from which a remote cookbook tar.gz will be downloaded.

       --run-lock-timeout SECONDS
              The amount of time (in seconds) to wait for a chef-client run  to  finish.  Default
              value:  not  set  (indefinite).  Set  to  0  to  cause a second chef-client to exit
              immediately.

       -s SECONDS, --splay SECONDS
              A number (in seconds) to add  to  the  interval  that  is  used  to  determine  the
              frequency  of chef-client runs. This number can help prevent server load when there
              are many clients running  at  the  same  time.  When  the  chef-client  is  run  at
              intervals, --splay and --interval values are applied before the chef-client run.

       -u USER, --user USER
              The  user  that  owns a process. This is required when starting any executable as a
              daemon.

       -v, --version
              The version of the chef-client.

       -W, --why-run
              Use to run the executable in why-run mode, which is a type of chef-client run  that
              does  everything  except  modify the system. Use why-run mode to understand why the
              chef-client makes the decisions that it makes and to learn more about  the  current
              and proposed state of the system.

       Examples

          $ chef-solo -c ~/solo.rb -j ~/node.json -r http://www.example.com/chef-solo.tar.gz

       The tar.gz archived into the file_cache_path, and then extracted to cookbooks_path.

          $ chef-solo -c ~/solo.rb -j ~/node.json

       chef-solo  will look in the solo.rb file to determine the directory in which cookbooks are
       located.

          $ chef-solo -c ~/solo.rb -j http://www.example.com/node.json -r http://www.example.com/chef-solo.tar.gz

AUTHOR

       Chef

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