data_bags.md

+++ title = "About Data Bags" draft = false

aliases = ["/data_bags.html"]

[menu] [menu.docs] title = "Data Bags" identifier = "chef_infra/concepts/policy/data_bags.md Data Bags" parent = "chef_infra/concepts/policy" weight = 40 +++

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Create a Data Bag

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Using Knife

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Manually

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Store Data in a Data Bag

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Directory Structure

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Data Bag Items

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Encrypt a Data Bag Item

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Encryption Versions

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Knife Options

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Secret Keys

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Encrypt

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Verify Encryption

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Decrypt

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Edit a Data Bag Item

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Using Knife

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Using Chef Manage

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Use Data Bags

Data bags can be accessed in the following ways:

Search

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Environments

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Recipes

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Load with Recipe DSL

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Create and edit

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Create users

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chef-solo

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