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

About Chef

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.

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Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5
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Founded: 1981
United States
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Chef Frequently Asked Questions

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Chef Product Features

Configuration Management

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

Continuous Delivery

Build Log
Continuous Integration
Continuous Deployment
Change Management
Configuration Management
Testing Management
Quality Management
Application Release Automation
Build Automation
Application Lifecycle Management
Feature Toggles / Feature Flags

DevOps

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

Software Configuration Management (SCM)

Version Control / Management
Concurrency Management
Flexible Branching
Regulatory Compliance
Workflow / Process Automation
Rapid Rebuilds
Automated Cleanup
Rapid Hotfix
Defect Tracking
Code Review
Branch Merging

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Chef Verified User Reviews

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  • Rohan J.
    Software Developer
    Used the software for: 6-12 Months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
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    "Great Open Source configuration management tool"

    Posted 2020-05-25

    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.

    Overall: While it may take some time to learn and get used to Chef, it excels in deploying code in automated fashion.

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