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)