# Ohai or knife plugins list

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [May 10, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821 "2011-05-10T14:02:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821/1 "2011-05-10T14:02:13Z")

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Has anyone put together any type of ohai or knife plugins list or  
repository? My googling didn’t turn up any results. It would be great to  
have something like the cookbooks site for ohai and knife plugins.

–  
John Alberts

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821/2 "2011-05-10T22:22:24Z")

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We plan to add a repo for this to the chef community site in the coming  
months, but it's currently prioritized behind a few other deliverables. I'm  
collecting requirements now, though, so please send me any thoughts you  
have.

Thanks!  
Barry

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:02 AM, John Alberts [john.m.alberts@gmail.com](mailto:john.m.alberts@gmail.com)wrote:

> Has anyone put together any type of ohai or knife plugins list or  
> repository? My googling didn't turn up any results. It would be great to  
> have something like the cookbooks site for ohai and knife plugins.
> 
> --  
> John Alberts

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821/3 "2011-05-11T06:57:21Z")

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Barry,

On 11 May 2011 00:22, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com) wrote:

> We plan to add a repo for this to the chef community site in the coming  
> months, but it's currently prioritized behind a few other deliverables. I'm  
> collecting requirements now, though, so please send me any thoughts you  
> have.

Can we maintain an up-to-date page on the Opsode wiki for the time being?

Ringo

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821/4 "2011-05-11T13:03:00Z")

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I'd be happy with just a wiki page with a list of links, although a  
searchable repo would be nice. I was thinking about starting a wiki page in  
the meantime with the few plugins I've found so far.  
Of course, if we had a central repo on opscode for ohai and knife plugins,  
it would be trivial to write a plugin for knife to install ohai and knife  
plugins, which would be cool.

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Ringo De Smet [ringo.desmet@gmail.com](mailto:ringo.desmet@gmail.com)wrote:

> Barry,
> 
> On 11 May 2011 00:22, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com) wrote:
> 
> > We plan to add a repo for this to the chef community site in the coming  
> > months, but it's currently prioritized behind a few other deliverables.  
> > I'm  
> > collecting requirements now, though, so please send me any thoughts you  
> > have.
> 
> Can we maintain an up-to-date page on the Opsode wiki for the time being?
> 
> Ringo

--  
John Alberts

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821/5 "2011-05-11T16:33:19Z")

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We'd love to see a page on the wiki for knife and ohai plugins until  
we get the Community site listing them as well. Go ahead and start it  
and I'm sure everyone will start adding additional listings and links.

Thanks,  
Matt Ray  
Senior Technical Evangelist | Opscode Inc.  
[matt@opscode.com](mailto:matt@opscode.com) | (512) 731-2218  
Twitter, IRC, GitHub: mattray

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:03 AM, John Alberts [john.m.alberts@gmail.com](mailto:john.m.alberts@gmail.com) wrote:

> I'd be happy with just a wiki page with a list of links, although a  
> searchable repo would be nice. I was thinking about starting a wiki page in  
> the meantime with the few plugins I've found so far.  
> Of course, if we had a central repo on opscode for ohai and knife plugins,  
> it would be trivial to write a plugin for knife to install ohai and knife  
> plugins, which would be cool.
> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Ringo De Smet [ringo.desmet@gmail.com](mailto:ringo.desmet@gmail.com)  
> wrote:
> 
> > Barry,
> > 
> > On 11 May 2011 00:22, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > We plan to add a repo for this to the chef community site in the coming  
> > > months, but it's currently prioritized behind a few other deliverables.  
> > > I'm  
> > > collecting requirements now, though, so please send me any thoughts you  
> > > have.
> > 
> > Can we maintain an up-to-date page on the Opsode wiki for the time being?
> > 
> > Ringo
> 
> --  
> John Alberts

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821/6 "2011-05-11T17:05:44Z")

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Totally agree on a wiki page for now.

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Matt Ray [matt@opscode.com](mailto:matt@opscode.com) wrote:

> We'd love to see a page on the wiki for knife and ohai plugins until  
> we get the Community site listing them as well. Go ahead and start it  
> and I'm sure everyone will start adding additional listings and links.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Matt Ray  
> Senior Technical Evangelist | Opscode Inc.  
> [matt@opscode.com](mailto:matt@opscode.com) | (512) 731-2218  
> Twitter, IRC, GitHub: mattray
> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:03 AM, John Alberts [john.m.alberts@gmail.com](mailto:john.m.alberts@gmail.com)  
> wrote:
> 
> > I'd be happy with just a wiki page with a list of links, although a  
> > searchable repo would be nice. I was thinking about starting a wiki page  
> > in  
> > the meantime with the few plugins I've found so far.  
> > Of course, if we had a central repo on opscode for ohai and knife  
> > plugins,  
> > it would be trivial to write a plugin for knife to install ohai and knife  
> > plugins, which would be cool.
> > 
> > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Ringo De Smet [ringo.desmet@gmail.com](mailto:ringo.desmet@gmail.com)  
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Barry,
> > > 
> > > On 11 May 2011 00:22, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com) wrote:
> > > 
> > > > We plan to add a repo for this to the chef community site in the  
> > > > coming  
> > > > months, but it's currently prioritized behind a few other  
> > > > deliverables.  
> > > > I'm  
> > > > collecting requirements now, though, so please send me any thoughts  
> > > > you  
> > > > have.
> > > 
> > > Can we maintain an up-to-date page on the Opsode wiki for the time  
> > > being?
> > > 
> > > Ringo
> > 
> > --  
> > John Alberts

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**Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821/7 "2011-05-12T03:52:37Z")

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Here's my pathetic start to a wiki page with a list.  
[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Ohai+and+Knife+Plugins+List](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Ohai+and+Knife+Plugins+List)

It's pretty much empty because I really could only find one when I searched,  
which is why I asked if there was a list somewhere. 🙂 Maybe folks will  
start adding their own plugins to the list.

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com)wrote:

> Totally agree on a wiki page for now.
> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Matt Ray [matt@opscode.com](mailto:matt@opscode.com) wrote:
> 
> > We'd love to see a page on the wiki for knife and ohai plugins until  
> > we get the Community site listing them as well. Go ahead and start it  
> > and I'm sure everyone will start adding additional listings and links.
> > 
> > Thanks,  
> > Matt Ray  
> > Senior Technical Evangelist | Opscode Inc.  
> > [matt@opscode.com](mailto:matt@opscode.com) | (512) 731-2218  
> > Twitter, IRC, GitHub: mattray
> > 
> > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:03 AM, John Alberts [john.m.alberts@gmail.com](mailto:john.m.alberts@gmail.com)  
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > I'd be happy with just a wiki page with a list of links, although a  
> > > searchable repo would be nice. I was thinking about starting a wiki  
> > > page in  
> > > the meantime with the few plugins I've found so far.  
> > > Of course, if we had a central repo on opscode for ohai and knife  
> > > plugins,  
> > > it would be trivial to write a plugin for knife to install ohai and  
> > > knife  
> > > plugins, which would be cool.
> > > 
> > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Ringo De Smet [ringo.desmet@gmail.com](mailto:ringo.desmet@gmail.com)  
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Barry,
> > > > 
> > > > On 11 May 2011 00:22, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com) wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > We plan to add a repo for this to the chef community site in the  
> > > > > coming  
> > > > > months, but it's currently prioritized behind a few other  
> > > > > deliverables.  
> > > > > I'm  
> > > > > collecting requirements now, though, so please send me any thoughts  
> > > > > you  
> > > > > have.
> > > > 
> > > > Can we maintain an up-to-date page on the Opsode wiki for the time  
> > > > being?
> > > > 
> > > > Ringo
> > > 
> > > --  
> > > John Alberts

--  
John Alberts

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**Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821/8 "2011-05-12T05:12:42Z")

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Thanks John! Couple of changes:

- moved the page to be under "knife plugins" in the doc tree
- added three knife plugins
- added links to this page from "knife plugins"[1] and "writing ohai  
plugins"[2]
- added "call out" to the Opscode Ohai Cookbook[3], which creates a  
configured plugin path for distributing custom Ohai plugins, and reloads  
them via Ohai within the context of a Chef Client run during the compile  
phase.
- added the note from the knife plugins page about them being considered  
an experimental feature.
- made it prettier 🙂

Hopefully it will grow from this beginning into being a useful community  
resource.

- Tom  
[1] - [http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Knife+Plugins](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Knife+Plugins)  
[2] - [http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Writing+Ohai+Plugins](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Writing+Ohai+Plugins)  
[3] - [http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/ohai](http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/ohai)

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:52 PM, John Alberts [john.m.alberts@gmail.com](mailto:john.m.alberts@gmail.com)wrote:

> Here's my pathetic start to a wiki page with a list.  
> [http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Ohai+and+Knife+Plugins+List](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Ohai+and+Knife+Plugins+List)
> 
> It's pretty much empty because I really could only find one when I  
> searched, which is why I asked if there was a list somewhere. 🙂 Maybe  
> folks will start adding their own plugins to the list.
> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com)wrote:
> 
> > Totally agree on a wiki page for now.
> > 
> > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Matt Ray [matt@opscode.com](mailto:matt@opscode.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > We'd love to see a page on the wiki for knife and ohai plugins until  
> > > we get the Community site listing them as well. Go ahead and start it  
> > > and I'm sure everyone will start adding additional listings and links.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,  
> > > Matt Ray  
> > > Senior Technical Evangelist | Opscode Inc.  
> > > [matt@opscode.com](mailto:matt@opscode.com) | (512) 731-2218  
> > > Twitter, IRC, GitHub: mattray
> > > 
> > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:03 AM, John Alberts [john.m.alberts@gmail.com](mailto:john.m.alberts@gmail.com)  
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I'd be happy with just a wiki page with a list of links, although a  
> > > > searchable repo would be nice. I was thinking about starting a wiki  
> > > > page in  
> > > > the meantime with the few plugins I've found so far.  
> > > > Of course, if we had a central repo on opscode for ohai and knife  
> > > > plugins,  
> > > > it would be trivial to write a plugin for knife to install ohai and  
> > > > knife  
> > > > plugins, which would be cool.
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Ringo De Smet \<[ringo.desmet@gmail.com](mailto:ringo.desmet@gmail.com)
> > > > 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Barry,
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 11 May 2011 00:22, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com) wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > We plan to add a repo for this to the chef community site in the  
> > > > > > coming  
> > > > > > months, but it's currently prioritized behind a few other  
> > > > > > deliverables.  
> > > > > > I'm  
> > > > > > collecting requirements now, though, so please send me any thoughts  
> > > > > > you  
> > > > > > have.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can we maintain an up-to-date page on the Opsode wiki for the time  
> > > > > being?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ringo
> > > > 
> > > > --  
> > > > John Alberts
> 
> --  
> John Alberts

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**Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ohai-or-knife-plugins-list/1821/9 "2011-05-12T19:13:16Z")

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Yes, that is 1000x better. 🙂 Thank you.

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Tom Thomas [tom@opscode.com](mailto:tom@opscode.com) wrote:

> Thanks John! Couple of changes:
> 
> - moved the page to be under "knife plugins" in the doc tree
> - added three knife plugins
> - added links to this page from "knife plugins"[1] and "writing ohai  
> plugins"[2]
> - added "call out" to the Opscode Ohai Cookbook[3], which creates a  
> configured plugin path for distributing custom Ohai plugins, and reloads  
> them via Ohai within the context of a Chef Client run during the compile  
> phase.
> - added the note from the knife plugins page about them being  
> considered an experimental feature.
> - made it prettier 🙂
> 
> Hopefully it will grow from this beginning into being a useful community  
> resource.
> 
> - Tom  
> [1] - [http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Knife+Plugins](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Knife+Plugins)  
> [2] - [http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Writing+Ohai+Plugins](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Writing+Ohai+Plugins)  
> [3] - [http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/ohai](http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/ohai)
> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:52 PM, John Alberts [john.m.alberts@gmail.com](mailto:john.m.alberts@gmail.com)wrote:
> 
> > Here's my pathetic start to a wiki page with a list.  
> > [http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Ohai+and+Knife+Plugins+List](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Ohai+and+Knife+Plugins+List)
> > 
> > It's pretty much empty because I really could only find one when I  
> > searched, which is why I asked if there was a list somewhere. 🙂 Maybe  
> > folks will start adding their own plugins to the list.
> > 
> > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com)wrote:
> > 
> > > Totally agree on a wiki page for now.
> > > 
> > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Matt Ray [matt@opscode.com](mailto:matt@opscode.com) wrote:
> > > 
> > > > We'd love to see a page on the wiki for knife and ohai plugins until  
> > > > we get the Community site listing them as well. Go ahead and start it  
> > > > and I'm sure everyone will start adding additional listings and links.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,  
> > > > Matt Ray  
> > > > Senior Technical Evangelist | Opscode Inc.  
> > > > [matt@opscode.com](mailto:matt@opscode.com) | (512) 731-2218  
> > > > Twitter, IRC, GitHub: mattray
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:03 AM, John Alberts [john.m.alberts@gmail.com](mailto:john.m.alberts@gmail.com)  
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > I'd be happy with just a wiki page with a list of links, although a  
> > > > > searchable repo would be nice. I was thinking about starting a wiki  
> > > > > page in  
> > > > > the meantime with the few plugins I've found so far.  
> > > > > Of course, if we had a central repo on opscode for ohai and knife  
> > > > > plugins,  
> > > > > it would be trivial to write a plugin for knife to install ohai and  
> > > > > knife  
> > > > > plugins, which would be cool.
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Ringo De Smet \<  
> > > > > [ringo.desmet@gmail.com](mailto:ringo.desmet@gmail.com)\>  
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Barry,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 11 May 2011 00:22, Barry Steinglass [barry@opscode.com](mailto:barry@opscode.com) wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > We plan to add a repo for this to the chef community site in the  
> > > > > > > coming  
> > > > > > > months, but it's currently prioritized behind a few other  
> > > > > > > deliverables.  
> > > > > > > I'm  
> > > > > > > collecting requirements now, though, so please send me any thoughts  
> > > > > > > you  
> > > > > > > have.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Can we maintain an up-to-date page on the Opsode wiki for the time  
> > > > > > being?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ringo
> > > > > 
> > > > > --  
> > > > > John Alberts
> > 
> > --  
> > John Alberts

--  
John Alberts