COMMON OPTIONS

The following options may be used with any of the arguments available to the knife tag subcommand:

--chef-zero-port PORT

The port on which chef-zero will listen.

-c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE

The configuration file to use.

-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 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 whether colored output will be used.

--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, --verbose

Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.

-v, --version

The version of the chef-client.

-y, --yes

Indicates that the response to all confirmation prompts will be "Yes" (and that Knife will not ask for confirmation).

-z, --local-mode

Indicates that the chef-client will be run in local mode, which allows all commands that work against the server to also work against the local chef-repo.

CREATE

The create argument is used to add one or more tags to a node.

Syntax

This argument has the following syntax:

$ knife tag create NODE_NAME [TAG...]

Options

This command does not have any specific options.

Examples

To create tags named "seattle", "portland", and "vancouver", enter:

$ knife tag create node seattle portland vancouver

DELETE

The delete argument is used to delete one or more tags from a node.

Syntax

This argument has the following syntax:

$ knife tag delete NODE_NAME [TAG...]

Options

This command does not have any specific options.

Examples

To delete tags named "denver" and "phoenix", enter:

$ knife tag delete node denver phoenix

Type Y to confirm a deletion.

LIST

The list argument is used to list all of the tags that have been applied to a node.

Syntax

This argument has the following syntax:

$ knife tag list [NODE_NAME...]

Options

This command does not have any specific options.

AUTHOR

Chef