Knife::Helper

Helper and Command builder for knife (chef-server, knife-zero, etc)

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'knife-helper'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install knife-helper

Generate .knife.helper.yml,.chef/knife.rb and Berksfile,Cheffile(by option)

$ knife helper init (options)
-c [PATH1,PATH2...],             Path to Cookbooks
    --cookbook-path
-l, --local                      local mode (for zero)
-r, --repo-path PATH             Path to Chef Repogitory
-B, --berks                      Generate Berksfile
-L, --librarian                  Generate Cheffile

List all command names (and options)

$ knife helper init (options)
-a, --all                        Print all commands and options
-f, --file FILE                  Path to config file(yaml)
-F, --format FORMAT              Which format to use for output

Build and output some command that built from the configuration file.

$ knife helper build REGEX (option)
-f, --file FILE                  Path to config file(yaml)
-F, --format FORMAT              Which format to use for output

Execute some command that built from the configuration file.

$ knife helper exec NAME (option)
-f, --file FILE                  Path to config file(yaml)
-p, --print-only                 Only print the command that built by helper

---
includes:
  - example.yml

settings:
  command_base: bundle exec knife

option_sets:
  - name: default
    options:
      ssh-user: ec2-user
      identity-file: ~/.ssh/example.pem
      hint: ec2

commands:
  - name: default
    command: zero chef_client
    condition: chef_environment:production
    option_sets: default
    options:
      attribute: ec2.public_ipv4

Include some external configuration files.
Type: Array

Name of options for use commands.
Type: String

Set od options.
Type: Hash

Path to knife execution script. Type: String

Name of command for execution.
Type: String

Condition for search and execute command.
Type: String

Option set to be used in the command.
Type: String or Array

Command options.
Type: Hash

see CHANGELOG

• Source hosted at GitHub
• Report issues/questions/feature requests on GitHub Issues

Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested. Ideally create a topic branch for every separate change you make. For example:

1. Fork the repo
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Created and maintained by Masashi Terui (marcy9114@gmail.com)

Apache 2.0 (see LICENSE)