Audience

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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Ratings/Reviews - 1 User Review

Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5
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Progress Software
Founded: 1981
United States
www.chef.io

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Chef Frequently Asked Questions

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Chef Product Features

Configuration Management

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

Continuous Delivery

Build Log Not Supported
Continuous Integration Not Supported
Continuous Deployment Not Supported
Change Management Not Supported
Configuration Management Not Supported
Testing Management Not Supported
Quality Management Not Supported
Application Release Automation Not Supported
Build Automation Not Supported
Application Lifecycle Management Not Supported
Feature Toggles / Feature Flags Not Supported

DevOps

Dashboard Supported
Release Management Supported
Timeline Management Supported
Troubleshooting Reports Supported
Approval Workflow Not Supported
KPIs Not Supported
Policy Management Not Supported
Portfolio Management Not Supported
Prioritization Not Supported

Software Configuration Management (SCM)

Version Control / Management Not Supported
Concurrency Management Not Supported
Flexible Branching Not Supported
Regulatory Compliance Not Supported
Workflow / Process Automation Not Supported
Rapid Rebuilds Not Supported
Automated Cleanup Not Supported
Rapid Hotfix Not Supported
Defect Tracking Not Supported
Code Review Not Supported
Branch Merging Not Supported

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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
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "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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