ROLE COPY

Get data from one role, setup a new role with that data and a new name.

This plugin will actively refuse to create a role with a name that already exists.

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/jaketyo/knife_role_copy.git
$ mkdir -p ~/.chef/plugins/knife/
$ cp knife_role_copy/role_copy.rb ~/.chef/plugins/knife/

Usage

Help output:

$ knife role copy
USAGE: knife role copy ROLE NEW_ROLE (options)

Example

This example begins with the following role.

$ knife role show -Fj SOME-ROLE-NAME
{
  "name": "SOME-ROLE-NAME",
  "description": "Some Role Description",
  "json_class": "Chef::Role",
  "default_attributes": {
    
  },
  "override_attributes": {
    
  },
  "chef_type": "role",
  "run_list": [
    
  ],
  "env_run_lists": {
    
  }
}

Execute knife role copy to copy the role.

$ knife role copy SOME-ROLE-NAME SOME-ROLE-NAME-2
# This opens an editor as defined by your $EDITOR environment variable.

After the editor is saved and closed, you can print the new role to inspect the changes.

$ knife role show -Fj SOME-ROLE-NAME-2
{
  "name": "SOME-ROLE-NAME-2",
  "description": "Some Role Description (Copy from SOME-ROLE-NAME)",
  "json_class": "Chef::Role",
  "default_attributes": {

  },
  "override_attributes": {

  },
  "chef_type": "role",
  "run_list": [

  ],
  "env_run_lists": {

  }
}