[chef] chef node and client creation

[neubyr < >]

I am looking for documentation on chef client and node objects. I created a node as follows, but it doesn't show up in the search.

$ :~/chef-repo$ knife node create test1

Created node[test1]

$ :~/chef-repo$ knife node show test1

Node Name:   test1

Environment: _default

FQDN:        

IP:          

Run List:    

Roles:       

Recipes:     

Platform:     

Tags:        

$ :~/chef-repo$ knife search node 'test1'

0 items found

How can I get it working to run some recipes?  

Also, what's the relationship between a client and node? How can a client be associated with a node? 

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