NAME

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

       The  knife  upload  subcommand  is used to upload roles, cookbooks, environments, and data
       bags to the Chef server  from  the  current  working  directory  in  the  chef-repo.  This
       subcommand  is often used in conjunction with knife diff, which can be used to see exactly
       what changes will be uploaded, and then knife download, which does the opposite  of  knife
       upload.

       Syntax

       This subcommand has the following syntax:

          $ knife upload [PATTERN...] (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.

       --[no-]diff
              Use to upload only new and modified files.  Set  to  false  to  upload  all  files.
              Default: true.

       -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.

       --[no-]force
              Use --force to upload roles, cookbooks, etc. even if the file in the  directory  is
              identical (by default, no POST or PUT is performed unless an actual change would be
              made). Default: --no-force.

       --[no-]freeze
              Use to require changes to a cookbook be included as a new version. Only the --force
              option can override this setting. Default: false.

       -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.

       -n, --dry-run
              Use to take no action and only print out results. Default: false.

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

       --[no-]purge
              Use --purge to delete  roles,  cookbooks,  etc.  from  the  Chef  server  if  their
              corresponding  files  do  not  exist in the chef-repo. By default, such objects are
              left alone and NOT purged. Default: --no-purge.

       --[no-]recurse
              Use --no-recurse to disable uploading a directory recursively. Default: --recurse.

       --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.

       -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

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload

       or from anywhere in the chef-repo, enter:

          $ knife upload /

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload cookbooks

       or from anywhere in the chef-repo, enter:

          $ knife upload /cookbooks

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload environments

       or from anywhere in the chef-repo, enter:

          $ knife upload /environments

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload environments/production.json

       or from the environments/ directory, enter:

          $ knife upload production.json

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload roles

       or from anywhere in the chef-repo, enter:

          $ knife upload /roles

       Browse to the top level of the chef-repo and enter:

          $ knife upload cookbooks/apache\* roles/webserver.json

          $ knife upload `knife deps nodes/*.json`

AUTHOR

       Chef

                                            Chef 12.0                             KNIFE-UPLOAD(1)