Knife Diff Plugin

This plugin checks the remote server and local chef cookbook repository for differences.

Works with:

• cookbooks
• databags

Cookbook samples

$ knife diff cookbooks
Local orphan cookbooks:

Remote orphan cookbooks:
yum-repo


$ knife diff cookbook apache2
apache2 cookbook files out of sync:
mod_mime.rb
metadata.rb


$ knife diff cookbook --all
apache2 cookbook files out of sync:
mod_mime.rb
metadata.rb

apps cookbook files out of sync:
metadata.json

Databag Samples

$ knife diff databags
Local orphan databags:

Remote orphan databags:

$ knife diff databag items apps
apps local orphan databag items:

apps remote orphan databag items:

$ knife diff databag items --all
apps local orphan databag items:

apps remote orphan databag items:

git local orphan databag items:

git remote orphan databag items:

$ knife diff databag --all
apps databag items out of sync:

jenkins databag items out of sync:
jobs

nagios databag items out of sync:

$ knife diff databag jenkins
jenkins databag items out of sync:
jobs

Find Samples

$ knife find local erb 

apache2-0.99.3:
* templates/default/security.erb
* templates/default/mods/negotiation.conf.erb
* templates/default/mod_auth_openid.rb.erb

$ knife find remote sv

apache2-0.99.3:
* recipes/mod_dav_svn.rb

apps-0.1.0:
* templates/default/sv-app-log-run.erb
* templates/default/sv-app-run.erb