KNIFE-STATUS(1)

NAME
knife-status - The man page for the knife status subcommand.

The knife status subcommand is used to display a brief summary of the nodes on a server, including the time of the most recent successful chef-client run.

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 status (options)

    Options

    This subcommand has the following options:

QUERY
    The search query used to identify a a list of items on a server. This option uses the same syntax as the search sub-command.

-H, --hide-healthy
    Indicates that nodes on which a chef-client run has occurred within the previous hour will be hidden.

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

-s, --sort-reverse
    Indicates that the list will be sorted by last run time, descending.

    Examples

    To include run lists in the status, enter:

    $ knife status --run-list

    to return something like:

    20 hours ago, dev-vm.chisamore.com, ubuntu 10.04, dev-vm.chisamore.com, 10.66.44.126, role[lb].
    3 hours ago, i-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web].
    3 hours ago, i-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206, role[web].
    3 hours ago, i-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-9-250.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250, role[web].
    3 hours ago, i-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-75-101-240-230.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230, role[web].
    3 hours ago, i-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-60-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141, role[web].

    To show the status for nodes on which the chef-client did not run successfully within the past hour, enter:

    $ knife status --hide-healthy

    to return something like:

    1 hour ago, i-256f884f, ubuntu 12.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web].
    1 hour ago, i-a47823c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.129.143.111, role[lb].

    To show the status of a subset of nodes that are returned by a specific query, enter:

    $ knife status "role:web" --run-list

    to return something like:

    3 hours ago, i-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102, role[web].
    3 hours ago, i-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206, role[web].
    3 hours ago, i-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-9-250.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250, role[web].
    3 hours ago, i-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-75-101-240-230.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230, role[web].
    3 hours ago, i-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-60-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141, role[web].

    To view the status of all nodes in the organization, enter:

    $ knife status

    to return something like:

    20 hours ago, dev-vm.chisamore.com, ubuntu 10.04, dev-vm.chisamore.com, 10.66.44.126
    3 hours ago, i-225f954f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-67-202-63-102.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 67.202.63.102
    3 hours ago, i-a45298c9, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-174-129-127-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 174.129.127.206
    3 hours ago, i-5272a43f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-9-250.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.9.250
    3 hours ago, i-226ca64f, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-75-101-240-230.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 75.101.240.230
    3 hours ago, i-f65c969b, ubuntu 10.04, ec2-184-73-60-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com, 184.73.60.141

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