Chef:Powerful Infrastructure Automation
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Chapter 1. Installing Chef

Before you can start using Chef, you will need to install it. Here you will find a guide to install Chef, and because Chef requires Ruby, some Ruby concepts as well. This chapter discusses the following:

  • Key terminology and concepts related to Chef
  • An overview of Chef's architecture
  • Working with Ruby gems
  • Installing chef-solo (a local-only engine to use Chef)
  • A brief example on using chef-solo
  • Installing the Chef server on your own host
  • Verifying your Chef installation