Chef

Chef

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About

Chef turns infrastructure into code. With Chef, you can automate how you build, deploy, and manage your infrastructure. Your infrastructure becomes as versionable, testable, and repeatable as application code. Chef Infrastructure Management ensures configurations are applied consistently in every environment with infrastructure management automation. Chef Compliance makes it easy to maintain and enforce compliance across the enterprise. Deliver successful application outcomes consistently at scale with Chef App Delivery. Chef Desktop allows IT teams to automate the deployment, management, and ongoing compliance of IT resources. Ensure configurations are applied consistently in every environment. Powerful policy-based configuration management system software. Runbook automation to consistently define, package & deliver applications. IT automation & DevOps dashboards for operational visibility.

About

The leading open source automation server, Jenkins provides hundreds of plugins to support building, deploying and automating any project. As an extensible automation server, Jenkins can be used as a simple CI server or turned into the continuous delivery hub for any project. Jenkins is a self-contained Java-based program, ready to run out-of-the-box, with packages for Windows, Linux, macOS and other Unix-like operating systems. Jenkins can be easily set up and configured via its web interface, which includes on-the-fly error checks and built-in help. With hundreds of plugins in the Update Center, Jenkins integrates with practically every tool in the continuous integration and continuous delivery toolchain. Jenkins can be extended via its plugin architecture, providing nearly infinite possibilities for what Jenkins can do. Jenkins can easily distribute work across multiple machines, helping drive builds, tests and deployments across multiple platforms faster.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

IT professionals and anyone searching for a solution to optimize their infrastructure

Audience

Software development teams searching for a solution to improve the quality of their projects

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.5 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.5 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Large number of templates. Cookbooks make implementation faster. Open Source. Community support is huge. Good documentation.

Cons

  • Needs better integration with other DevOps tools. Initial learning curve is steep. A bit harder to manage than other alternatives.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Open Source & free to use Highly customizable Lots of plugins & integrations available Email notifications for real time updates Good community support
  • Easily and heavily configurable. Lots of plugin support. Open source. Easy to learn and implement. Automated testing and debugging.

Cons

  • Decent learning curve to understand all the configurations & integrations needed to make it useful. Needs better documentation or tool-tips.
  • Outdated User Interface. Error messages are hard to understand.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Progress Software
Founded: 1981
United States
www.chef.io

Company Information

Jenkins
Founded: 2004
jenkins.io

Alternatives

Alternatives

Ansible

Ansible

Red Hat
Jenkins X

Jenkins X

The Linux Foundation
Bamboo

Bamboo

Atlassian

Categories

Categories

Configuration Management Features

Access Control / Permissions
Application Deployment
Automated Provisioning
Infrastructure Automation
Node Management
Orchestration
Reporting Analytics / Visualization
Task Management

DevOps Features

Approval Workflow
Dashboard
KPIs
Policy Management
Portfolio Management
Prioritization
Release Management
Timeline Management
Troubleshooting Reports

Build Automation Features

Automated Testing
Build Cache
Build Management Tools
Build Metrics
Change Only Compiling
Debugging Tools
Dependency Management
IDE Compatibility
Parallel Testing
Plugin Library
Source Code Management
Version Conflict Resolution

Continuous Integration Features

Build Log
Change Management
Configuration Management
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Deployment
Debugging
Permission Management
Quality Assurance Management
Testing Management

Integrations

Azure DevTest Labs
Bionic
Blackfire
Defakto
Device42
Digital.ai Release
Eco
Enov8
IBM DevOps Deploy
JFrog Pipelines
Microsoft Azure
Resolve
SecretHub
Securden Password Vault for Enterprises
Sonatype Nexus Repository
Sonatype Nexus Repository Community Edition
StrongDM
Sweagle
configure8
env0

Integrations

Azure DevTest Labs
Bionic
Blackfire
Defakto
Device42
Digital.ai Release
Eco
Enov8
IBM DevOps Deploy
JFrog Pipelines
Microsoft Azure
Resolve
SecretHub
Securden Password Vault for Enterprises
Sonatype Nexus Repository
Sonatype Nexus Repository Community Edition
StrongDM
Sweagle
configure8
env0
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