Chef

Founded by Adam Jacob in 2009

Automate infrastructure configuration, compliance, and DevOps workflows at scale

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You can use Chef to automate how your servers and infrastructure are configured, maintained, and kept compliant across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. It lets you write reusable policies as code so configurations stay consistent everywhere. You can run compliance audits on demand or on a schedule, orchestrate DevOps workflows from a single control plane, and use a UI-based approach for teams who prefer clicking over coding. Chef also supports agentless execution and integrates with AWS and Azure.

What Chef does

Write infrastructure configuration policies that apply consistently across all environmentsSchedule or trigger compliance audits against industry security standardsOrchestrate multi-step DevOps workflows from a single dashboardDeploy configuration changes to thousands of nodes simultaneouslySet up agentless job execution on remote or air-gapped serversCreate incident response workflows using pre-built templatesIntegrate infrastructure automation with existing CI/CD pipelinesMonitor node states and detect configuration drift automaticallyWrite infrastructure configurations as reusable code that applies consistently across thousands of serversRun compliance audits on a set schedule or whenever you need them, using standards-based contentUse a visual UI (ClickOps) to manage infrastructure without writing code manuallyExecute jobs on any node including air-gapped, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments without an agentOrchestrate multiple DevOps tools and workflows from one central control planeUse pre-built templates for common events like incident response and certificate rotationConvert operational intent into automated actions using the Opsmith AI featureAvailable as SaaS, on-premises, or through AWS and Azure marketplaces