A2

A CLI and ruby client for interacting with Chef Automate 2+ APIs.

Usage

CLI Usage
Client Usage

Using from the command line

Install the CLI via rubygems:

$ gem install a2

The URL and auth token for your Chef Automate instance must be provided either via command line args or through environment variables. If both are provided, the command line args take precedence.

Environment variables:

AUTOMATE_URL="https://automate.example.com"
AUTOMATE_TOKEN="my-token"
AUTOMATE_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true

List the available commands:

$ a2 --help
Usage: a2 [options] {compliance | help | iam | infra | nodemgmt | version}

Available commands:
    compliance        Compliance management commands
      export-node-reports
      list-reports
    help              Provide help for individual commands
    iam               Identity access management commands
      add-membership
      create-team
      create-user
      delete-team
      delete-user
      get-team
      get-teams-by-membership
      get-user
      list-team-members
      list-teams
      list-users
      remove-membership
      update-team
      update-user
    infra             Chef Infra config management commands
      list-missing-nodes
      list-node-runs
      list-node-status-counts
      list-nodes
      list-orgs
      show-attributes
      show-node-run
    nodemgmt          Node management commands
      bulk-delete-by-filter
      bulk-delete-by-ids
      delete
      get
      search
    version           Show the version of the program

Options (take precedence over global options):
    -v, --version                    Show the version of the program

Global Options:
    -u, --automate-url [url]         The Chef Automate URL
    -t, --automate-token [token]     The Chef Automate API token
    -N, --ssl-no-verify              Disable SSL verification
    -h, --help                       Show help

Using as an API Client

You can also use the ruby API client directly by adding this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'a2'

And then installing via bundler:

$ bundle install

Making requests:

require 'a2'
client = A2::Client.new(automate_url: 'https://automate.example.com', automate_token: 'my-token', ssl_no_verify: true)
client.list_all_users

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

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Runtime

A2

Usage

Using from the command line

Using as an API Client

License