# Registering node error

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/registering-node-error/9846>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/registering-node-error/9846 "2016-11-09T21:17:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![carlos727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@carlos727](https://discourse.chef.io/u/carlos727)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/registering-node-error/9846/1 "2016-11-09T21:17:14Z")

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Hi partners,

I am trying to register a node with my chef server. I used the name of node which has been deleted, I delete the node with `knife node delete NAME`.

Then, when I try to register a new node with a name used in the past it returns error.

Someone has information about it.

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**Author:** ![amay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@amay](https://discourse.chef.io/u/amay)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/registering-node-error/9846/2 "2016-11-09T22:52:59Z")

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Hello,

I’d suggest in addition to knife node delete NAME, you also run knife client delete NAME

Andrew May

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**Author:** ![carlos727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@carlos727](https://discourse.chef.io/u/carlos727)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/registering-node-error/9846/3 "2016-11-10T05:14:25Z")

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Thanks, it works fine !