NAME

       knife-deps - The man page for the knife deps subcommand.

       The knife deps subcommand is used to identify dependencies for a node, role, or cookbook.

       Syntax

       This subcommand has the following syntax:

          $ knife deps (options)

       Options

       This subcommand has the following options:

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

       --chef-repo-path PATH
              The  path to the chef-repo. This setting will override the default path to the chef-repo. Default:
              same as specified by chef_repo_path in config.rb.

       --chef-zero-port PORT
              The port on which chef-zero will listen.

       --[no-]color
              Use to view colored output.

       --concurrency
              The number of allowed concurrent connections. Default: 10.

       -d, --disable-editing
              Use to prevent the $EDITOR from being opened and to accept data as-is.

       --defaults
              Use to have knife 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 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 Chef server.

       --print-after
              Use to show data after a destructive operation.

       --[no-]recurse
              Use --recurse to list dependencies recursively. This option can only be used when --tree is set to
              true. Default: --no-recurse.

       --remote
              Use  to  determine  dependencies  from  objects located on the Chef server instead of in the local
              chef-repo. Default: false.

       --repo-mode MODE
              The layout of the local chef-repo. Possible values: static, everything, or hosted_everything.  Use
              static  for  just  roles,  environments,  cookbooks,  and  data  bags.  By default, everything and
              hosted_everything are dynamically selected depending on the server  type.  Default:  everything  /
              hosted_everything.

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

       --tree Use  to  show  dependencies  in  a  visual  tree  structure (including duplicates, if they exist).
              Default: false.

       -u USER, --user USER
              The user name used by knife to  sign  requests  made  by  the  API  client  to  the  Chef  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
              Use to respond to all confirmation prompts with "Yes". knife will not ask for confirmation.

       -z, --local-mode
              Use  to  run  the  chef-client  in local mode. This allows all commands that work against the Chef
              server to also work against the local chef-repo.

       Examples

          $ knife deps nodes/node_name.json

          $ knife deps roles/role_name.json

          $ knife deps cookbooks/cookbook_name.json

          $ knife deps environments/environment_name.json

       To find the dependencies for a combination of nodes, cookbooks, roles, and/or environments:

          $ knife deps cookbooks/git.json cookbooks/github.json roles/base.json environments/desert.json nodes/mynode.json

       A wildcard can be used to return all of the child nodes. For example, all of the environments:

          $ knife deps environments/*.json

       Use the --tree option to view the results with structure:

          $ knife deps roles/webserver.json

       to return something like:

          roles/webserver.json
            roles/base.json
              cookbooks/github
                cookbooks/git
              cookbooks/users
            cookbooks/apache2

       The output of knife deps can be passed to knife upload:

          $ knife upload `knife deps nodes/*.json

       The output of knife deps can be passed to knife xargs:

          $ knife deps nodes/*.json | xargs knife upload

AUTHOR

       Chef

                                                    Chef 12.0                                      KNIFE-DEPS(1)