chef-apply8
The man page for the chef-apply command line tool. chef-apply allows a single recipe to be run from the command line.
Options
This command has the following syntax:
chef-apply name_of_recipe.rbThis tool has the following options:
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-e RECIPE_TEXT, --execute RECIPE_TEXT -
Use to execute a resource using a string.
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-l LEVEL, --log_level LEVEL -
The level of logging that will be stored in a log file.
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-s, --stdin -
Use to execute a resource using standard input.
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-v, --version -
The version of the chef-client.
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-W, --why-run -
Use to run the executable in why-run mode, which is a type of chef-client run that does everything except modify the system. Use why-run mode to understand why the chef-client makes the decisions that it makes and to learn more about the current and proposed state of the system.
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-h, --help -
Shows help for the command.
Examples
To use chef-apply to run a recipe named machinations.rb, enter the following:
$ chef-apply machinations.rbReleases
Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch).