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-knife-bootstrap(1) -- Install Chef Client on a remote host
-========================================
-
-## SYNOPSIS
-
-__knife__ __bootstrap__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-i`, `--identity-file IDENTITY_FILE`:
-    The SSH identity file used for authentication
-  * `-N`, `--node-name NAME`:
-    The Chef node name for your new node
-  * `-P`, `--ssh-password PASSWORD`:
-    The ssh password
-  * `-x`, `--ssh-user USERNAME`:
-    The ssh username
-  * `-p`, `--ssh-port PORT`:
-    The ssh port
-  * `--bootstrap-version VERSION`:
-    The version of Chef to install
-  * `--bootstrap-proxy PROXY_URL`:
-    `The proxy server for the node being bootstrapped`
-  * `--prerelease`:
-    Install pre-release Chef gems
-  * `-r`, `--run-list RUN_LIST`:
-    Comma separated list of roles/recipes to apply
-  * `--template-file TEMPLATE`:
-    Full path to location of template to use
-  * `--sudo`:
-    Execute the bootstrap via sudo
-  * `-d`, `--distro DISTRO`:
-    Bootstrap a distro using a template
-  * `--[no-]host-key-verify`:
-    Enable host key verification, which is the default behavior.
-  * `--hint HINT_NAME[=HINT_FILE]`:
-    Provide the name of a hint (with option JSON file) to set for use by
-    Ohai plugins.
-
-## DESCRIPTION
-
-Performs a Chef Bootstrap on the target node. The goal of the bootstrap
-is to get Chef installed on the target system so it can run Chef Client
-with a Chef Server. The main assumption is a baseline OS installation
-exists. This sub-command is used internally by some cloud computing
-plugins.
-
-The bootstrap sub-command supports supplying a template to perform the
-bootstrap steps. If the distro is not specified (via `-d` or `--distro`
-option), an Ubuntu 10.04 host bootstrapped with RubyGems is assumed. The
-__DISTRO__ value corresponds to the base filename of the template, in
-other words `DISTRO`.erb. A template file can be specified with the
-`--template-file` option in which case the __DISTRO__ is not used. The
-sub-command looks in the following locations for the template to use:
-
-* `bootstrap` directory in the installed Chef Knife library.
-* `bootstrap` directory in the `$PWD/.chef`.
-* `bootstrap` directory in the users `$HOME/.chef`.
-
-The default bootstrap templates are scripts that get copied to the
-target node (FQDN). The following distros are supported:
-
-* centos5-gems
-* fedora13-gems
-* ubuntu10.04-gems
-* ubuntu10.04-apt
-
-The gems installations will use RubyGems 1.3.6 and Chef installed as a
-gem. The apt installation will use the Opscode APT repository.
-
-In addition to handling the software installation, these bootstrap
-templates do the following:
-
-  - Write the validation.pem per the local knife configuration.
-  - Write a default config file for Chef (`/etc/chef/client.rb`) using values from the `knife.rb`.
-  - Create a JSON attributes file containing the specified run list and run Chef.
-
-In the case of the RubyGems, the `client.rb` will be written from
-scratch with a minimal set of values; see __EXAMPLES__. In the case of
-APT Package installation, `client.rb` will have the
-`validation_client_name` appended if it is not set to `chef-validator`
-(default config value), and the `node_name` will be added if
-`chef_node_name` option is specified.
-
-When this is complete, the bootstrapped node will have:
-
-  - Latest Chef version installed from RubyGems or APT Packages from Opscode. This may be a later version than the local system.
-  - Be validated with the configured Chef Server.
-  - Have run Chef with its default run list if one is specified.
-
-Additional custom bootstrap templates can be created and stored in
-`.chef/bootstrap/DISTRO.erb`, replacing __DISTRO__ with the value passed
-with the `-d` or `--distro` option. See __EXAMPLES__ for more
-information.
-
-## EXAMPLES
-Setting up a custom bootstrap is fairly straightforward. Create a
-`.chef/bootstrap` directory in your Chef Repository or in
-`$HOME/.chef/bootstrap`. Then create the ERB template file.
-
-    mkdir ~/.chef/bootstrap
-    vi ~/.chef/bootstrap/debian5.0-apt.erb
-
-For example, to create a new bootstrap template that should be used when
-setting up a new Debian node. Edit the template to run the commands, set
-up the validation certificate and the client configuration file, and
-finally to run chef-client on completion. The bootstrap template can be
-called with:
-
-    knife bootstrap mynode.example.com --template-file ~/.chef/bootstrap/debian5.0-apt.erb
-
-Or,
-
-    knife bootstrap mynode.example.com --distro debian5.0-apt
-
-The `--distro` parameter will automatically look in the
-`~/.chef/bootstrap` directory for a file named `debian5.0-apt.erb`.
-
-Templates provided by the Chef installation are located in
-`BASEDIR/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap/*.erb`, where _BASEDIR_ is the
-location where the package or Gem installed the Chef client libraries.
-
-## BUGS
-`knife bootstrap` is not capable of bootstrapping multiple hosts in
-parallel.
-
-The bootstrap script is passed as an argument to sh(1) on the remote
-system, so sensitive information contained in the script will be visible
-to other users via the process list using tools such as ps(1).
-
-## SEE ALSO
-   __knife-ssh__(1)
-
-## AUTHOR
-   Chef was written by Adam Jacob <adam@opscode.com> with many contributions from the community.
-
-## DOCUMENTATION
-   This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman <joshua@opscode.com>.
-   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.
-
-
-## CHEF
-   Knife is distributed with Chef. <http://docs.chef.io>

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-knife-client(1) -- Manage Chef API Clients
-========================================
-
-## SYNOPSIS
-
-__knife__ __client__ _sub-command_ _(options)_
-
-## SUB-COMMANDS
-Client subcommands follow a basic create, read, update, delete (CRUD)
-pattern. The Following subcommands are available:
-
-## BULK DELETE
-__knife client bulk delete__ _regex_ _(options)_
-
-Delete clients where the client name matches the regular expression
-_regex_ on the Chef Server. The regular expression should be given as a
-quoted string, and not surrounded by forward slashes.
-
-## CREATE
-__knife client create__ _client name_ _(options)_
-
-  * `-a`, `--admin    `:
-    Create the client as an admin
-  * `-f`, `--file FILE`:
-    Write the key to a file
-
-Create a new client. This generates an RSA keypair. The private key will
-be displayed on _STDOUT_ or written to the named file. The public half
-will be stored on the Server. For _chef-client_ systems, the private key
-should be copied to the system as `/etc/chef/client.pem`.
-
-Admin clients should be created for users that will use _knife_ to
-access the API as an administrator. The private key will generally be
-copied to `~/.chef/client\_name.pem` and referenced in the `knife.rb`
-configuration file.
-
-## DELETE
-__knife client delete__ _client name_  _(options)_
-
-Deletes a registered client.
-
-## EDIT
-__client edit__ _client name_ _(options)_
-
-Edit a registered client.
-
-## LIST
-__client list__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-w`, `--with-uri`:
-      Show corresponding URIs
-
-List all registered clients.
-
-## REREGISTER
-__client reregister__ _client name_  _(options)_
-
-  * `-f`, `--file FILE`:
-    Write the key to a file
-
-Regenerate the RSA keypair for a client. The public half will be stored
-on the server and the private key displayed on _STDOUT_ or written to
-the named file. This operation will invalidate the previous keypair used
-by the client, preventing it from authenticating with the Chef Server.
-Use care when reregistering the validator client.
-
-## SHOW
-__client show__ _client name_ _(options)_
-
-  * `-a`, `--attribute ATTR`:
-    Show only one attribute
-
-Show a client. Output format is determined by the --format option.
-
-## DESCRIPTION
-Clients are identities used for communication with the Chef Server API,
-roughly equivalent to user accounts on the Chef Server, except that
-clients only communicate with the Chef Server API and are authenticated
-via request signatures.
-
-In the typical case, there will be one client object on the server for
-each node, and the corresponding client and node will have identical
-names.
-
-In the Chef authorization model, there is one special client, the
-"validator", which is authorized to create new non-administrative
-clients but has minimal privileges otherwise. This identity is used as a
-sort of "guest account" to create a client identity when initially
-setting up a host for management with Chef.
-
-## SEE ALSO
-   __knife-node__(1)
-
-## AUTHOR
-   Chef was written by Adam Jacob <adam@opscode.com> with many contributions from the community.
-
-## DOCUMENTATION
-   This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman <joshua@opscode.com>.
-   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.
-
-## CHEF
-   Knife is distributed with Chef. <http://docs.chef.io>
-

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-knife-configure(1) -- Generate configuration files for knife or Chef Client
-========================================
-
-## SYNOPSIS
-
-__knife__ __configure__ [client] _(options)_
-
-## DESCRIPTION
-Generates a knife.rb configuration file interactively. When given the
---initial option, also creates a new administrative user.
-
-## CONFIGURE SUBCOMMANDS ##
-
-__knife configure__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-i`, `--initial`:
-    Create an initial API Client
-  * `-r`, `--repository REPO`:
-    The path to your chef-repo
-
-Create a configuration file for knife. This will prompt for values to
-enter into the file. Default values are listed in square brackets if no
-other entry is typed. See __knife__(1) for a description of
-configuration options.
-
-__knife configure client__ _directory_
-
-Read the _knife.rb_ config file and generate a config file suitable for
-use in _/etc/chef/client.rb_ and copy the validation certificate into
-the specified _directory_.
-
-## EXAMPLES
-  * On a freshly installed Chef Server, use _knife configure -i_ to
-    create an administrator and knife configuration file. Leave the
-    field blank to accept the default value. On most systems, the
-    default values are acceptable (except for the chef server URL,
-    there you must add your organization name)
-
-    user@host$ knife configure -i
-    Please enter the chef server URL: [http://localhost/organizations/myorg]
-    Please enter a clientname for the new client: [username]
-    Please enter the existing admin clientname: [chef-webui]
-    Please enter the location of the existing admin client's private key: [/etc/chef/webui.pem]
-    Please enter the validation clientname: [chef-validator]
-    Please enter the location of the validation key: [/etc/chef/validation.pem]
-    Please enter the path to a chef repository (or leave blank):
-    Creating initial API user...
-    Created (or updated) client[username]
-    Configuration file written to /home/username/.chef/knife.rb
-
-    This creates a new administrator client named _username_, writes
-    a configuration file to _/home/username/.chef/knife.rb_, and the
-    private key to _/home/username/.chef/username.pem_. The
-    configuration file and private key may be copied to another system
-    to facilitate administration of the Chef Server from a remote
-    system. Depending on the value given for the Chef Server URL, you
-    may need to modify that setting after copying to a remote host.
-
-## SEE ALSO
-   __knife__(1) __knife-client__(1)
-
-## AUTHOR
-   Chef was written by Adam Jacob <adam@opscode.com> with many contributions from the community.
-
-## DOCUMENTATION
-   This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman <joshua@opscode.com>.
-   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.
-
-## CHEF
-   Knife is distributed with Chef. <http://docs.chef.io>
-

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-knife-cookbook-site(1) -- Install and update open source cookbooks
-========================================
-
-## SYNOPSIS
-
-__knife__ __cookbook site__ _sub-command_ _(options)_
-
-## COOKBOOK SITE SUB-COMMANDS
-`knife cookbook site` provides the following subcommands:
-
-## INSTALL
-__cookbook site install COOKBOOK [VERSION]__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-D`, `--skip-dependencies `:
-    Skip automatic installation of dependencies.
-  * `-o`, `--cookbook-path PATH`:
-    Install cookbooks to PATH
-  * `-B`, `--branch BRANCH`:
-    Default branch to work with [defaults to master]
-
-Uses git(1) version control in conjunction with the cookbook site to
-install community contributed cookbooks to your local cookbook
-repository. Running `knife cookbook site install` does the following:
-
-1. A new "pristine copy" branch is created in git for tracking the
-   upstream;
-2. All existing cookbooks are removed from the branch;
-3. The cookbook is downloaded from the cookbook site in tarball form;
-4. The downloaded cookbook is untarred, and its contents committed via git;
-5. The pristine copy branch is merged into the master branch.
-
-By installing cookbook with this process, you can locally modify the
-upstream cookbook in your master branch and let git maintain your
-changes as a separate patch.  When an updated upstream version becomes
-available, you will be able to merge the upstream changes while
-maintaining your local modifications.
-
-Unless _--skip-dependencies_ is specified, the process is applied recursively to all the
-cookbooks _COOKBOOK_ depends on (via metadata _dependencies_).
-
-## DOWNLOAD
-__knife cookbook site download COOKBOOK [VERSION]__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-f`, `--file FILE`:
-    The filename to write to
-  * `--force`:
-    Force download deprecated cookbook
-
-Downloads a specific cookbook from the Community site, optionally
-specifying a certain version.
-
-## LIST
-__knife cookbook site list__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-w`, `--with-uri`:
-    Show corresponding URIs
-
-Lists available cookbooks from the Community site.
-
-## SEARCH
-__knife cookbook site search QUERY__ _(options)_
-
-Searches for available cookbooks matching the specified query.
-
-## SHARE
-__knife cookbook site share COOKBOOK CATEGORY__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-k`, `--key KEY`:
-    API Client Key
-  * `-u`, `--user USER`:
-    API Client Username
-  * `-o`, `--cookbook-path PATH:PATH`:
-    A colon-separated path to look for cookbooks in
-
-Uploads the specified cookbook using the given category to the Opscode
-cookbooks site. Requires a login user and certificate for the Opscode
-Cookbooks site. By default, knife will use the username and API key
-you've configured in your configuration file; otherwise you must
-explicitly set these values on the command line or use an alternate
-configuration file.
-
-## UNSHARE
-__knife cookbook site unshare COOKBOOK__
-
-Stops sharing the specified cookbook on the Opscode cookbooks site.
-
-## SHOW
-__knife cookbook site show COOKBOOK [VERSION]__ _(options)_
-
-Shows information from the site about a particular cookbook.
-
-## DESCRIPTION
-The cookbook site, <http://community.opscode.com/>, is a cookbook
-distribution service operated by Opscode. This service provides users
-with a central location to publish cookbooks for sharing with other
-community members.
-
-`knife cookbook site` commands provide an interface to the cookbook
-site's HTTP API. For commands that read data from the API, no account is
-required. In order to upload cookbooks using the `knife cookbook site
-share` command, you must create an account on the cookbook site and
-configure your credentials via command line option or in your knife
-configuration file.
-
-## EXAMPLES
-Uploading cookbooks to the Opscode cookbooks site:
-
-    knife cookbook site share example Other -k ~/.chef/USERNAME.pem -u USERNAME
-
-## SEE ALSO
-   __knife-cookbook(1)__
-   <http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks>
-
-## AUTHOR
-   Chef was written by Adam Jacob <adam@opscode.com> with many contributions from the community.
-
-## DOCUMENTATION
-   This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman <joshua@opscode.com>.
-   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.
-
-## CHEF
-   Knife is distributed with Chef. <http://docs.chef.io>
-

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-knife-cookbook(1) -- upload and manage chef cookbooks
-========================================
-
-## SYNOPSIS
-
-__knife__ __cookbook__ _sub-command_ _(options)_
-
-## SUB-COMMANDS
-`knife cookbook` supports the following sub commands:
-
-## LIST
-__knife cookbook list__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-a`, `--all`:
-    show all versions of a cookbook instead of just the most recent
-  * `-w`, `--with-uri`:
-    show corresponding uris
-
-Lists the cookbooks available on the Chef server.
-
-## SHOW
-__knife cookbook show cookbook [version] [part] [filename]__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-f`, `--fqdn fqdn               `:
-    the fqdn of the host to see the file for
-  * `-p`, `--platform platform       `:
-    the platform to see the file for
-  * `-v`, `--platform-version version`:
-    the platform version to see the file for
-  * `-w`, `--with-uri`:
-    Show corresponding URIs
-
-show a particular part of a _cookbook_ for the specified _version_. _part_ can be one of:
-
-  * _attributes_
-  * _definitions_
-  * _files_
-  * _libraries_
-  * _providers_
-  * _recipes_
-  * _resources_
-  * _templates_
-
-## UPLOAD
-__knife cookbook upload [cookbooks...]__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-a`, `--all`:
-    upload all cookbooks, rather than just a single cookbook
-  * `-o`, `--cookbook-path path:path`:
-    a colon-separated path to look for cookbooks in
-  * `-d`, `--upload-dependencies`:
-    Uploads additional cookbooks that this cookbook lists in as
-    dependencies in its metadata.
-  * `-E`, `--environment ENVIRONMENT`:
-    An _ENVIRONMENT_ to apply the uploaded cookbooks to. Specifying this
-    option will cause knife to edit the _ENVIRONMENT_ to place a strict
-    version constraint on the cookbook version(s) uploaded.
-  * `--freeze`:
-    Sets the frozen flag on the uploaded cookbook(s) Any future attempt
-    to modify the cookbook without changing the version number will
-    return an error unless --force is specified.
-  * `--force`:
-    Overrides the frozen flag on a cookbook, allowing you to overwrite a
-    cookbook version that has previously been uploaded with the --freeze
-    option.
-
-Uploads one or more cookbooks from your local cookbook repository(ies)
-to the Chef Server. Only files that don't yet exist on the server will
-be uploaded.
-
-As the command parses the name args as 1..n cookbook names:
-    `knife cookbook upload COOKBOOK COOKBOOK ...`
-works for one to many cookbooks.
-
-## DOWNLOAD
-__knife cookbook download cookbook [version]__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-d`, `--dir download_directory`:
-    the directory to download the cookbook into
-  * `-f`, `--force`:
-    overwrite an existing directory with the download
-  * `-n`, `--latest`:
-    download the latest version of the cookbook
-
-download a cookbook from the chef server. if no version is specified and
-only one version exists on the server, that version will be downloaded.
-if no version is specified and multiple versions are available on the
-server, you will be prompted for a version to download.
-
-## DELETE
-__knife cookbook delete cookbook [version]__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-a`, `--all`:
-    delete all versions
-  * `-p`, `--purge`:
-    purge files from backing store. this will disable any cookbook that contains any of the same files as the cookbook being purged.
-
-delete the specified _version_ of the named _cookbook_. if no version is
-specified, and only one version exists on the server, that version will
-be deleted. if multiple versions are available on the server, you will
-be prompted for a version to delete.
-
-## BULK DELETE
-__knife cookbook bulk delete regex__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-p`, `--purge`:
-    purge files from backing store. this will disable any cookbook that
-    contains any of the same files as the cookbook being purged.
-
-delete cookbooks on the chef server based on a regular expression. the
-regular expression (_regex_) should be in quotes, not in //'s.
-
-## COOKBOOK CREATE
-__knife cookbook create cookbook__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-o`, `--cookbook-path path`:
-    the directory where the cookbook will be created
-  * `-r`, `--readme-format format`:
-    format of the readme file md, mkd, txt, rdoc
-  * `-C`, `--copyright copyright`:
-    name of copyright holder
-  * `-i`, `--license license`:
-    license for cookbook, apachev2 or none
-  * `-m`, `--email email`:
-    email address of cookbook maintainer
-
-this is a helper command that creates a new cookbook directory in the
-`cookbook_path`. the following directories and files are created for the
-named cookbook.
-
-* cookbook/attributes
-* cookbook/definitions
-* cookbook/files/default
-* cookbook/libraries
-* cookbook/metadata.rb
-* cookbook/providers
-* cookbook/readme.md
-* cookbook/recipes/default.rb
-* cookbook/resources
-* cookbook/templates/default
-
-supported readme formats are 'md' (default), 'mkd', 'txt', 'rdoc'. the
-readme file will be written with the specified extension and a set of
-helpful starting headers.
-
-specify `-C` or `--copyright` with the name of the copyright holder as
-your name or your company/organization name in a quoted string. if this
-value is not specified an all-caps string `your_company_name` is used
-which can be easily changed with find/replace.
-
-specify `-i` or `--license` with the license that the cookbook is
-distributed under for sharing with other people or posting to the
-opscode cookbooks site. be aware of the licenses of files you put inside
-the cookbook and follow any restrictions they describe. when using
-`none` (default) or `apachev2`, comment header text and metadata file
-are pre-filled. the `none` license will be treated as
-non-redistributable.
-
-specify `-m` or `--email` with the email address of the cookbook's
-maintainer. if this value is not specified, an all-caps string
-`your_email` is used which can easily be changed with find/replace.
-
-the cookbook copyright, license, email and readme_format settings can be filled in the
-`knife.rb`, for example with default values:
-
-    cookbook_copyright "your_company_name"
-    cookbook_license "none"
-    cookbook_email "your_email"
-    readme_format "md"
-
-
-## METADATA
-__knife cookbook metadata cookbook__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-a`, `--all`:
-    generate metadata for all cookbooks, rather than just a single cookbook
-  * `-o`, `--cookbook-path path:path`:
-    a colon-separated path to look for cookbooks in
-
-generate cookbook metadata for the named _cookbook_. the _path_ used here specifies where the cookbooks directory is located and corresponds to the `cookbook_path` configuration option.
-
-## METADATA FROM FILE
-__knife cookbook metadata from file__ _(options)_
-
-load the cookbook metadata from a specified file.
-
-## TEST
-__knife cookbook test [cookbooks...]__ _(options)_
-
-  * `-a`, `--all`:
-    test all cookbooks, rather than just a single cookbook
-  * `-o`, `--cookbook-path path:path`:
-    a colon-separated path to look for cookbooks in
-
-test the specified cookbooks for syntax errors. this uses the built-in
-ruby syntax checking option for files in the cookbook ending in `.rb`,
-and the erb syntax check for files ending in `.erb` (templates).
-
-## RECIPE LIST
-__knife recipe list [PATTERN]__
-
-List available recipes from the server. Specify _PATTERN_ as a regular
-expression to limit the results.
-
-## DESCRIPTION
-Cookbooks are the fundamental unit of distribution in Chef. They
-encapsulate all recipes of resources and assets used to configure a
-particular aspect of the infrastructure. The following sub-commands can
-be used to manipulate the cookbooks stored on the Chef Server.
-
-On disk, cookbooks are directories with a defined structure. The
-following directories may appear within a cookbook:
-
-  * COOKBOOK/attributes/:
-    Ruby files that define default parameters to be used in recipes
-  * COOKBOOK/definitions/:
-    Ruby files that contain _resource definitions_
-  * COOKBOOK/files/SPECIFICITY:
-    Files of arbitrary type. These files may be downloaded by
-    chef-client(8) when configuring a host.
-  * COOKBOOK/libraries/:
-    Ruby files that contain library code needed for recipes
-  * COOKBOOK/providers/:
-    Ruby files that contain Lightweight Provider definitions
-  * COOKBOOK/recipes/:
-    Ruby files that use Chef's recipe DSL to describe the desired
-    configuration of a system
-  * COOKBOOK/resources/:
-    Ruby files that contain Lightweight Resource definitions
-  * COOKBOOK/templates/SPECIFICITY:
-    ERuby (ERb) template files. These are referenced by _recipes_ and
-    evaluated to dynamically generate configuration files.
-
-__SPECIFICITY__ is a feature of _files_ and _templates_ that allow you
-to specify alternate files to be used on a specific OS platform or host.
-The default specificity setting is _default_, that is files in
-`COOKBOOK/files/default` will be used when a more specific copy is not
-available. Further documentation for this feature is available on the
-Chef wiki: <https://docs.chef.io/resource_cookbook_file.html#file-specificity>
-
-Cookbooks also contain a metadata file that defines various properties
-of the cookbook. The most important of these are the _version_ and the
-_dependencies_. The _version_ is used in combination with environments
-to select which copy of a given cookbook is distributed to a node. The
-_dependencies_ are used by the server to determine which additional
-cookbooks must be distributed to a given host when it requires a
-cookbook.
-
-## SEE ALSO
-   __knife-environment(1)__ __knife-cookbook-site(1)__
-   <http://docs.chef.io/cookbooks.html>
-   <http://docs.chef.io/cookbook_repo.html>
-
-## AUTHOR
-   Chef was written by Adam Jacob <adam@opscode.com> with many contributions from the community.
-
-## DOCUMENTATION
-   This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman <joshua@opscode.com>.
-   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.
-
-
-## CHEF
-   Knife is distributed with Chef. <http://docs.chef.io>