[chef] How to get node file from server

[John Horne < >]

Hello,

I have a local chef git repository with several node files in it. If I
run 'knife status', then the (opscode) chef server shows that there is a
server for which we do not have a node file. (The server exists, is up
and running, and is running 'chef-client' locally with no problems.)

My question is this, since the chef server must have had a copy of the
node file at some time - either through 'knife node create' or from a
local file using 'knife node from file' - is it possible to ask the chef
server for a copy of that file?

I have looked at the 'knife download' command but it doesn't seem to do
anything in this case. That is, if I run 'knife download <server-name>'
nothing happens, it just returns to the command prompt. Nothing is
downloaded. I have also looked at the git logs, and can see no
indication of the node file ever being seen by git.

Knife version is 11.12.8.



Thanks,

John.

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John Horne                   Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287
Plymouth University, UK