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This topic is about using the Chef management console to manage nodes.

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Manage

Nodes can be managed from the Chef management console web user interface.

Delete

To delete a node:

1. Open the Chef management console.

2. Click Nodes.

3. Select a node.

4. Click Delete.

5. Confirm:

   

Reset Key

To reset the validation key for a node:

1. Open the Chef management console.

2. Click Nodes.

3. Select a node.

4. Click Edit Run List.

5. In the Reset Key dialog box, confirm that the key should be regenerated and click the Regenerate Key button:

   

6. In the Reset Key dialog box, copy the key directly from the dialog box or click the Download button to download the key to your local machine:

   

Search

To search nodes:

1. Open the Chef management console.

2. Click Nodes.

3. In the search box in the upper right, enter the search query and click the search icon.

   

4. The results will appear in the list below.

Node Attributes

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Edit Attribute

To edit node attributes:

1. Open the Chef management console.

2. Click Nodes.

3. Select a node.

4. Click the Attributes tab.

5. Click Edit.

6. In the Edit Node Attributes dialog box, make your changes:

   

7. Click Save Attributes.

View Attributes

To view the attributes for a node:

1. Open the Chef management console.
2. Click Nodes.
3. Select a node.
4. Click the Attributes tab.
5. Click Edit.

Run-lists

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Add Recipe to

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Add Role to

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Edit

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Remove Recipe from

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View Current

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Permissions

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Set

To set permissions list for a node object:

1. Open the Chef management console.
2. Click Nodes.
3. Select a node.
4. Click the Permissions tab.
5. For each group listed under Name, select or de-select the Read, Update, Delete, and Grant permissions.

Update

To update the permissions list for a node object:

1. Open the Chef management console.
2. Click Nodes.
3. Select a node.
4. Click the Permissions tab.
5. Click the + Add button and enter the name of the user or group to be added.
6. Select or de-select Read, Update, Delete, and Grant to update the permissions list for the user or group.

View

To view permissions for a node:

1. Open the Chef management console.
2. Click Nodes.
3. Select a node.
4. Click the Permissions tab.
5. Set the appropriate permissions: Delete, Grant, Read, and/or Update.

Manage Tags

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Add

To add tags to a node (or a group of nodes):

1. Open the Chef management console.

2. Click Nodes.

3. Select a node (or a group of nodes).

4. Click Manage Tags.

5. In the Manage Node Tags dialog box, enter the name of the tag and then select Add Tags from the drop-down.

   

6. Click Update Tags.

Delete

To delete tags for a node (or a group of nodes):

1. Open the Chef management console.

2. Click Nodes.

3. Select a node (or a group of nodes).

4. Click Manage Tags.

5. In the Manage Node Tags dialog box, enter the name of the tag and then select Delete Tags from the drop-down.

   

6. Click Update Tags.

View

To view all of the nodes:

1. Open the Chef management console.

2. Click Nodes.

3. Select a node.

4. Select the Details tab.

5. The tags for the node appear under the Tags header: