---
name: "chake-chef"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "chake"
version: "0.92-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/chake-chef"
---

# chake-chef(7)

configure chake nodes with chef-solo

## NAME

**chake-chef** - configure chake nodes with chef-solo

## DESCRIPTION

This configuration manager will allow you to manage nodes by running **chef-solo(1)** on each remote node.

When **chake init** runs, the following chef-specific files will be created:

A brief explanation of the created files that are specific to **chef**:

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  **config.rb**: contains the chef-solo configuration. You can modify it, but usually you won't need to.

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  **config/roles**: directory is where you can put your role definitions.

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  **cookbooks**: directory where you will store your cookbooks. A sample cookbook called "basics" is created, but feel free to remove it and add actual cookbooks.

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  ## CONFIGURATION

Nodes can be configured to be managed with chef by having a **run\_list** key in their configuration:

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  ```
  host1.mycompany.com:
    run_list:
      - role[server]
      - recipe[service1]
    service1:
      option1: "here we go"
  ```

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  Any extra configuration under **host1.mycompany.com** will be saved to a JSON file and given to the chef-solo --node-json option in the command line. For example, the above configuration will produce a JSON file that looks like this:

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  ```
  {
    "run_list": [
      "role[server]",
      "recipe[service1]"
    ]
    ,
    "service1": {
      "option1": "here we go"
    }
  }
  ```

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  Inside Chef recipes, you can access those values by using the **node** object. For example:

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  ```
  template "/etc/service1.conf.d/option1.conf" do
    variables option1: node["option1"]
  end
  ```

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  ## BOOTSTRAPPING

The bootstrap process for *chef* involves getting chef-solo installed. The node hostname will also be set based on the hostname informed in the configuration file.

## SEE ALSO

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  **[chake(1)](/chake/1.md)**

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  *https://docs.chef.io/*

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  *https://docs.chef.io/chef\_solo.html*

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