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knife bootstrap command without prompting password

I am trying to write a bash script which contains the command for bootstrapping a Ubuntu client node using knife command. When I execute the script, the knife command was asking the sudo password of client node and once i type the password, it works as expected. But I am looking for an automated way without prompting password. Here is the command I used for bootstrapping.

knife bootstrap <IP_ADDRESS> -x <USER_NAME> -P <PASSWORD> --sudo

After checking, knife bootstrap document, I have tried giving the ssh-password also like below, but with same result.

knife bootstrap <IP_ADDRESS> --ssh-user <USER_NAME> --ssh-password <PASSWORD> --sudo

What may be wrong with this command. I am expecting the knife command to automatically login to the client and bootstrap, but its asking like,

<IP_ADDRESS> knife sudo password:
 Enter your password:

Any ideas??

Solution

  • This is how I made this work.

    echo <SSH_PASSWORD> | knife bootstrap <IP_ADDRESS> -x <USER_NAME> -P <PASSWORD> --sudo