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NAME

       knife-data-bag - The man page for the knife data bag subcommand.

       A  data  bag  is  a  global  variable that is stored as JSON data and is accessible from a
       server. A data bag is indexed for searching and can be loaded  by  a  recipe  or  accessed
       during  a  search.  The  contents of a data bag can vary, but they often include sensitive
       information (such as database passwords).

       The contents of a data bag can be encrypted using shared secret encryption. This allows  a
       data  bag to store confidential information (such as a database password) or to be managed
       in a source control system (without plain-text data appearing in revision history).

       The knife data bag subcommand is used to manage arbitrary  stores  of  globally  available
       JSON data.

       This subcommand has the following syntax:

       $ knife data bag [ARGUMENT] (options)

COMMON OPTIONS

       The following options can be run with all Knife sub-commands and plug-ins:

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

       --color
              Indicates that colored output will be used.

       -d, --disable-editing
              Indicates that $EDITOR will not be opened; data will be accepted as-is.

       --defaults
              Indicates  that  Knife  will  use  the  default  value, instead of asking a user to
              provide one.

       -e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR
              The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.

       -E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT
              The name of the environment. When this option is added to a  command,  the  command
              will run only against the named environment.

       -f FILE_NAME, --file FILE_NAME
              Indicates that the private key will be saved to a specified file name.

       -F FORMAT, --format FORMAT
              The output format: summary (default), text, json, yaml, and pp.

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

       -k KEY, --key KEY
              The  private key that Knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to the
              server.

       --no-color
              Indicates that color will not be used in the output.

       -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
              The user password.

       --print-after
              Indicates that data will be shown after a destructive operation.

       -s URL, --server-url URL
              The URL for the server.

       -u USER, --user USER
              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.

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

       -V, --verbose
              Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.

       -y, --yes
              Indicates  that  the  response  to all confirmation prompts will be "Yes" (and that
              Knife will not ask for confirmation).

CREATE

       The create argument is used to add a data bag to the server.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

       $ knife data bag create DATA_BAG_NAME [DATA_BAG_ITEM] (options)

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       DATA_BAG_ITEM
              The name of a specific item within a data bag.

       --secret SECRET
              The encryption key that is used for values contained within a data bag.

       --secret-file FILE
              The path to the file that contains the encryption key.

       Note   For encrypted data bag items, use either --secret or --secret-file, not both.

       Examples

       To create a data bag named "admins", enter:

       $ knife data bag create admins

       to return:

       Created data_bag[admins]

DELETE

       The delete argument is used to delete a data bag or a data bag item from a server.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

       $ knife data bag delete DATA_BAG_NAME [DATA_BAG_ITEM] (options)

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       DATA_BAG_ITEM
              The name of a specific item within a data bag.

       Examples

       To a data bag named "admins", enter:

       $ knife data bag delete admins

       To delete an item named "charlie", enter:

       $ knife data bag delete admins charlie

       Type Y to confirm a deletion.

EDIT

       The edit argument is used to edit the data contained in a data bag. If encryption is being
       used,  the data bag will be decrypted, the data will be made available in the $EDITOR, and
       then encrypted again before saving it to the server.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

       $ knife data bag edit DATA_BAG_NAME [DATA_BAG_ITEM] (options)

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       DATA_BAG_ITEM
              The name of a specific item within a data bag.

       --secret SECRET
              The encryption key that is used for values contained within a data bag.

       --secret-file FILE
              The path to the file that contains the encryption key.

       Note   For encrypted data bag items, use either --secret or --secret-file, not both.

       Examples

       To edit the contents of a data bag, enter:

       $ knife data bag edit admins

       To edit an item named "charlie" that is contained in a data bag named "admins", enter:

       $ knife data bag edit admins charlie

       to open the $EDITOR. Once opened, you can update the data before saving it to the  server.
       For example, by changing:

       {
          "id": "charlie"
       }

       to:

       {
          "id": "charlie",
          "uid": 1005,
          "gid":"ops",
          "shell":"/bin/zsh",
          "comment":"Crazy Charlie"
       }

FROM FILE

       The from file argument is used to create a data bag on the server from a file. The path to
       the data bag file must specify one of the following:

       • the name of a data bag

       • a relative or absolute path to a file

       If the name of  a  data  bag  is  specified,  Knife  will  search  for  the  data  bag  in
       ./data_bags/bag_name/file.  Once  opened,  the JSON file should be a hash that contains at
       least an ID key which represents the name of the data bag item.

       Warning
              A chef-client must be version 11.6 (or higher) when using the knife data  bag  from
              file argument with the Enterprise Chef or Open Source Chef version 11 servers.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

       $ knife data bag from file DATA_BAG_NAME_or_PATH

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       -a, --all
              Indicates that all data bags found at the specified path will be uploaded.

       --secret SECRET
              The encryption key that is used for values contained within a data bag.

       --secret-file FILE
              The path to the file that contains the encryption key.

       Note   For encrypted data bag items, use either --secret or --secret-file, not both.

       Examples

       To create a data bag on the server from a file:

       $ knife data bag from file "path to JSON file"

       To create a data bag named "devops_data" that contains encrypted data, enter:

       $ knife data bag from file devops_data --secret-file "path to decryption file"

LIST

       The  list argument is used to view a list of data bags that are currently available on the
       server.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

       $ knife data bag list

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       -w, --with-uri
              Indicates that the corresponding URIs will be shown.

       Examples

       For example, to view a list of data bags on the server, enter:

       $ knife data bag list

SHOW

       The show argument is used to view the contents of a data bag.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

       $ knife data bag show DATA_BAG_NAME (options)

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       DATA_BAG_ITEM
              The name of a specific item within a data bag.

       --secret SECRET
              The encryption key that is used for values contained within a data bag.

       --secret-file FILE
              The path to the file that contains the encryption key.

       Note   For encrypted data bag items, use either --secret or --secret-file, not both.

       Examples

       To show the contents of a data bag, enter:

       $ knife data bag show admins

       to return:

       charlie

       To show the contents of a specific item within data bag, enter:

       $ knife data bag show admins charlie

       to return:

       comment:  Crazy Charlie
       gid:      ops
       id:       charlie
       shell:    /bin/zsh
       uid:      1005

       To show the contents of a data bag named "passwords" with an item that contains  encrypted
       data named "mysql", enter:

       $ knife data bag show passwords mysql

       to return:

       ## sample:
       {
         "id": "mysql",
         "pass": "trywgFA6R70NO28PNhMpGhEvKBZuxouemnbnAUQsUyo=\n",
         "user": "e/p+8WJYVHY9fHcEgAAReg==\n"
       }

       To show the decrypted contents of the same data bag, enter:

       $ knife data bag show --secret-file /path/to/decryption/file passwords mysql

       to return:

       ## sample:
       {
          "id": "mysql",
          "pass": "thesecret123",
          "user": "fred"
       }

       To  view  information in JSON format, use the -F common option as part of the command like
       this:

       $ knife data bag show admins -F json

       Other formats available include text, yaml, and pp.

AUTHOR

       Opscode

                                           Chef 11.8.0                          KNIFE-DATA-BAG(1)