Chef Software

Chef Software ConfigMgmt API

The ConfigMgmt API from Chef Software — 23 operation(s) for configmgmt.

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Business capability
IT Operations Management BC-600.40

Operations 23

POST /api/beta/cfgmgmt/rollouts/create CreateRollout #
GET /api/beta/cfgmgmt/rollouts/find GetRolloutForChefRun #
GET /api/beta/cfgmgmt/rollouts/list GetRollouts #
GET /api/beta/cfgmgmt/rollouts/progress_by_node_segment Config mgmt list node segments with rollout progress #
GET /api/beta/cfgmgmt/rollouts/rollout/{rollout_id} GetRolloutById #
POST /api/beta/cfgmgmt/rollouts/test_create CreateRolloutTest #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/errors List Errors #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/node_metadata_counts GetNodeMetadataCounts #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/node_runs_daily_status_time_series GetNodeRunsDailyStatusTimeSeries #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/nodes List Checked-in Nodes #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/nodes/{node_id}/attribute Show Attributes #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/nodes/{node_id}/runs List Run Details #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/nodes/{node_id}/runs/{run_id} Show Node Run #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/organizations List Organizations #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/policy_revision/{revision_id} List Policy Cookbooks #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/source_fqdns List Associated Chef Infra Servers #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/stats/checkin_counts_timeseries List Node Checkins #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/stats/missing_node_duration_counts List Missing Nodes Count #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/stats/node_counts List Node Status Counts #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/stats/run_counts List Run Status Totals #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/suggestions List Filter Suggestions #
GET /api/v0/cfgmgmt/telemetry/nodes/count GetNodesUsageCount #
PUT /api/v0/cfgmgmt/telemetry/nodes/count/updated UpdateTelemetryReported Acknowledge API to updates the last client run… #

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https://artifacts.apis.io/chef-software/openapi/chef-software-configmgmt-api-openapi.yml

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chef-software-configmgmt-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: external/cfgmgmt/cfgmgmt.proto Config Mgmt API
  version: version not set
tags:


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