The man page for the knife tag subcommand. a tag is a custom description that is applied to a node. a tag, once applied, can be helpful when managing nodes using knife or when building recipes by providing alternate methods of grouping similar types of information. the knife tag subcommand is used to apply tags to nodes on a server.
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.
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
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.
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.
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