[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/kablamo/p5-chef-knife-cmd.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/kablamo/p5-chef-knife-cmd) [![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/kablamo/p5-chef-knife-cmd/master.svg)](https://coveralls.io/r/kablamo/p5-chef-knife-cmd?branch=master) # NAME Chef::Knife::Cmd - A small wrapper around the Chef 'knife' command line utility # SYNOPSIS use Chef::Knife::Cmd; my $knife = Chef::Knife::Cmd->new( verbose => 0, # if true, tee output to STDOUT; default is false logfile => 'knife.log', print_cmd => 1, ); # knife bootstrap $knife->bootstrap($fqdn, %options); # knife client $knife->client->delete($client, %options); # knife ec2 $knife->ec2->server->list(%options); $knife->ec2->server->create(%options); $knife->ec2->server->delete(\@nodes, %options); # knife node $knife->node->show($node, %options); $knife->node->list($node, %options); $knife->node->create($node, %options); $knife->node->delete($node, %options); $knife->node->flip($node, $environment, %options); $knife->node->run_list->add($node, \@entries, %options); # knife vault commands # hint: use $knife->vault->item() instead of $knife->vault->show() $knife->vault->create($vault, $item, $values, %options); $knife->vault->update($vault, $item, $values, %options); $knife->vault->show($vault, $item_name, %options); # All methods return the output of the cmd as a string my $out = $knife->node->show('mynode'); # => # Node Name: mynode # Environment: production # FQDN: # IP: 12.34.56.78 # Run List: ... # ... # All methods return the output of the cmd as a hashref when '--format json' is used my $hashref = $knife->node->show('mynode', format => 'json'); # => # { # name => "mynode", # chef_environment => "production", # run_list => [...], # ... # } # DESCRIPTION This module is a small wrapper around the Chef 'knife' command line utility. It would be awesome if this module used the Chef server API, but this module is not that awesome. Some things worth knowing about this module: - Return vaules All commands return the output of the knife command. - Logging All knife cmd output is logged to a logfile for later analysis. This allows you to provide verbose logging to users while not cluttering their terminal with tons of output. - Tee output to STDOUT Instead of waiting for an hour for a knife command to finish, you can view output from the knife command in real time as it happens. This happens when the 'verbose' attribute is true. - Exceptions If a knife command fails, this module will throw an exception. # SEE ALSO - Capture::Tiny::Extended - Capture::Tiny - IPC::System::Simple # LICENSE This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. # AUTHOR Eric Johnson