knife --help knife <subcommand> --help knife search node "ipaddress:192.168.1.1" knife bootstrap FQDN -d DISTRO distros: centos5-gems, ubuntu10.04-gem # using sudo and root user knife bootstrap FQDN -x ubuntu -P PASSWORD --sudo knife bootstrap FQDN --distro DISTRO -x root -P password # And in this example, we use a private key file: knife bootstrap FQDN -x ubuntu -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa --sudo
cheat sheets.
$ cheat knife