NAME

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

       A  bootstrap  is a process that installs the chef-client on a target system so that it can
       run as a chef-client and communicate with a Chef server.

       The knife bootstrap subcommand is used to run a  bootstrap  operation  that  installs  the
       chef-client  on  the target system. The bootstrap operation must specify the IP address or
       FQDN of the target system.

       Syntax

       This subcommand has the following syntax:

          $ knife bootstrap FQDN_or_IP_ADDRESS (options)

       Options

       This subcommand has the following options:

       -A, --forward-agent
              Use to enable SSH agent forwarding.

       --bootstrap-curl-options OPTIONS
              Use to specify arbitrary options to be added to the bootstrap  command  when  using
              cURL.    This    option    may   not   be   used   in   the   same   command   with
              --bootstrap-install-command.

       --bootstrap-install-command COMMAND
              Use to execute a custom installation command sequence  for  the  chef-client.  This
              option  may  not  be  used  in  the  same  command  with  --bootstrap-curl-options,
              --bootstrap-install-sh, or --bootstrap-wget-options.

       --bootstrap-install-sh URL
              Use to fetch and execute an installation script at the specified URL.  This  option
              may not be used in the same command with --bootstrap-install-command.

       --bootstrap-no-proxy NO_PROXY_URL_or_IP
              A URL or IP address that specifies a location that should not be proxied.

              NOTE:
                 This  option  is  used  internally  by  Chef to help verify bootstrap operations
                 during testing and should never be used during an actual bootstrap operation.

       --bootstrap-proxy PROXY_URL
              The proxy server for the node that is the target of a bootstrap operation.

       --bootstrap-version VERSION
              The version of the chef-client to install.

       --bootstrap-wget-options OPTIONS
              Use to specify arbitrary options to be added to the bootstrap  command  when  using
              GNU   Wget.   This   option   may   not   be   used   in   the  same  command  with
              --bootstrap-install-command.

       -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.

       -G GATEWAY, --ssh-gateway GATEWAY
              The  SSH tunnel or gateway that is used to run a bootstrap action on a machine that
              is not accessible from the workstation.

       --hint HINT_NAME[=HINT_FILE]
              Use to specify an Ohai hint to be set on the target node.

              Ohai hints are used to tell Ohai something about the system that it is  running  on
              that  it  would  not be able to discover itself. An Ohai hint exists if a JSON file
              exists in the hint directory with the same name as the hint. For  example,  calling
              hint?('antartica')  in  an  Ohai  plugin  would  return  an  empty hash if the file
              antartica.json existed in the hints directory, and return nil if the file does  not
              exist.

              If the hint file contains JSON content, it will be returned as a hash from the call
              to hint?.

                 {
                   "snow": true,
                   "penguins": "many"
                 }

                 arctic_hint = hint?('antartica')
                 if arctic_hint['snow']
                   "There are #{arctic_hint['penguins']} penguins here."
                 else
                   "There is no snow here, and penguins like snow."
                 end

              The default directory in which hint files are located is /etc/chef/ohai/hints/. Use
              the  Ohai::Config[:hints_path]  setting  in  the  client.rb  file to customize this
              location.

              HINT_FILE is the name of the JSON file. HINT_NAME is the name of a hint in  a  JSON
              file. Use multiple --hint options to specify multiple hints.

       -i IDENTITY_FILE, --identity-file IDENTITY_FILE
              The  SSH  identity  file  used  for  authentication.  Key-based  authentication  is
              recommended.

       -j JSON_ATTRIBS, --json-attributes JSON_ATTRIBS
              A JSON string that is added to the first run of a chef-client.

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

       --[no-]host-key-verify
              Use  --no-host-key-verify  to  disable  host  key  verification.  Default  setting:
              --host-key-verify.

       --[no-]node-verify-api-cert
              Use verify_api_cert to only do SSL validation of the Chef server connection; may be
              needed if the chef-client needs to talk to other  services  that  have  broken  SSL
              certificates.  If  this option is not specified, the setting for verify_api_cert in
              the configuration file is applied.

       --node-ssl-verify-mode PEER_OR_NONE
              The verify mode for HTTPS requests.

              Use :verify_none to do no validation of SSL certificates.

              Use :verify_peer to do validation of  all  SSL  certificates,  including  the  Chef
              server connections, S3 connections, and any HTTPS remote_file resource URLs used in
              the chef-client run. This is the recommended setting.

              If  this  option  is  not  specified,  the  setting  for  ssl_verify_mode  in   the
              configuration file is applied.

       -p PORT, --ssh-port PORT
              The SSH port.

       -P PASSWORD, --ssh-password PASSWORD
              The  SSH  password.  This  can be used to pass the password directly on the command
              line. If this option is not specified (and  a  password  is  required)  knife  will
              prompt for the password.

       --prerelease
              Use to install pre-release gems.

       -r RUN_LIST, --run-list RUN_LIST
              A comma-separated list of roles and/or recipes to be applied.

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

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

       --sudo Use to execute a bootstrap operation with sudo.

       -t TEMPLATE, --bootstrap-template TEMPLATE
              Use  to  specify  the  bootstrap  template  to  use. This may specify the name of a
              bootstrap template---chef-full, for example---or it may specify the full path to an
              Embedded  Ruby  (ERB)  template  that  defines  a  custom bootstrap. Default value:
              chef-full, which installs the  chef-client  using  the  omnibus  installer  on  all
              supported platforms.

       --use-sudo-password
              Use  to  perform  a bootstrap operation with sudo; specify the password with the -P
              (or --ssh-password) option.

       -V -V  Use to run the initial chef-client run at the debug log-level (e.g. chef-client  -l
              debug).

       -x USERNAME, --ssh-user USERNAME
              The SSH user name.

       Examples

          $ knife bootstrap 192.168.1.1 -x username -P PASSWORD --sudo

          $ knife bootstrap 192.168.1.1 -x username -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa --sudo

AUTHOR

       Chef

                                            Chef 12.0                          KNIFE-BOOTSTRAP(1)