knife-delete - The man page for the knife delete subcommand.
The knife delete subcommand is used to delete an object
from a Chef server. This subcommand works similar to knife cookbook
delete, knife data bag delete, knife environment delete,
knife node delete, and knife role delete, but with a single
verb (and a single action).
Syntax
This subcommand has the following syntax:
$ knife delete [PATTERN...] (options)
Options
This subcommand has the following options:
- --both
- Use to delete both local and remote copies of an object. Default:
false.
- -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.
- -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 Chef server.
- --local
- Use to delete only the local copy of an object. (A remote copy will not be
deleted.) Default: false.
- --print-after
- Use to show data after a destructive operation.
- -r,
--[no-]recurse
- Use --recurse to delete directories recursively. Default:
--no-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.