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.

       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).

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

       $ knife deps (options)

       Options

       This subcommand has the following options:

       --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.

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

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

       --remote
              Indicates that dependencies will be determined from objects located on the server instead  of  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.

       --tree Indicates that dependencies are shown in a visual tree structure (including  duplicates,  if  they
              exist). Default: false.

       Examples

       To find the dependencies for a node:

       $ knife deps nodes/node_name.json

       To find the dependencies for a role:

       $ knife deps roles/role_name.json

       To find the dependencies for a cookbook:

       $ knife deps cookbooks/cookbook_name.json

       To find the dependencies for an environment:

       $ 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

       To use a wildcard to return all the child nodes:

       $ 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

       To pass the output of knife deps to knife upload, do something like the following:

       $ knife upload `knife deps nodes/*.json

       To pass the output of knife deps to knife xargs:

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

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                                                   Chef 11.8.0                                     KNIFE-DEPS(1)