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Chef

Chef

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Infrastructure automation with Ruby-based recipes

Cloud & Infrastructure

TL;DR - Chef

  • Chef is an infrastructure automation platform for managing servers and applications at scale
  • It uses Ruby-based recipes to define infrastructure as code across cloud and on-premise environments
  • Open-source version available, enterprise plans with custom pricing
Pricing: Paid only
Best for: Enterprises & professionals
Score: 78/100

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About Chef

Chef automates infrastructure configuration using Ruby-based recipes. Define the desired state of your servers, and Chef makes it happen—packages installed, services configured, files in place. Cookbooks package reusable configurations. The client runs on target nodes to maintain state. Chef Server coordinates everything centrally. Operations teams managing server fleets use Chef for infrastructure automation that ensures consistency across environments.

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Chef FAQ

Chef Infra is open source. Commercial products require license. Progress Software owns Chef now.

Chef is infrastructure automation. Configuration management using Ruby DSL. Alternative to Ansible and Puppet.

Chef uses Ruby, Ansible uses YAML. Ansible is agentless, Chef needs agents. Ansible simpler; Chef more powerful for complex setups.

Still used in enterprises. Ansible and Terraform more popular now. Chef has strong ecosystem but declining mindshare.

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