chef_curl

A script for accessing the Chef Infra Server API using Bash and not using Knife or Ruby.

Dependencies

• curl
• openssl
• awk
• jq

Usage

chef_curl.sh [options] API_PATH

Options:

• -h: Display this help message
• -s: Chef Server URL
• -u: Chef user name
• -p: Chef User PEM file path
• -c: CACert Path (defaults to /etc/chef/embedded/ssl/certs/cacert.pem)
• -v: Chef client version declaration (defaults to 17.6.18)
• -X: REST Method to use (i.e. GET, PUT, POST). Defaults to GET
• -d: REST message body (used with POST and PUT methods)

Making things easier

After cloning the script, edit the variables on lines 5 through 11 to set your chef server and user defaults. With this, you won't need to use as many of the command line options except for -X and -d