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Chef is an open-source automation platform built to address the hardest infrastructure challenges on the planet.

Chef is an open-source automation platform built to address the hardest infrastructure challenges on the planet. Chef gives you the power and flexibility you need to move faster in a complex world - from rapid provisioning and deployment of servers to the automated delivery of applications and services—at any scale.

How you use Chef is up to you. Here are the most common use cases

  • Configuration Management
  • Cloud Management
  • Continuous Delivery1

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What's the difference between Juju and Puppet/Chef?

Have tried asking 3rd party about key differences between Juju and Puppet/Chef. 3rd parties are not too familiar with Juju and could not say. They simply stated the others have a lot of momentum, and it would be hard to overcome their lead. Would…
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How can I manage and deploy snap packages without using the official Snap store from Canonical?

I was wondering if it would be possible to create and self-host a repository of snap packages which could then be deployed / updated via something like Puppet, Chef or Ansible. Is this feasible, or are there some mechanisms within snaps that would…
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apache2 localhost refused to connect

I'm installing apache2.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 with a custom cookbook in Chef. I cannot connect to localhost after a fresh converge, and I'm not having Chef modify any configuration files until I figure out why I cannot connect. I expect to see the…
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Is there a tool like Juju or Chef that I can use to automate the set up of my computer?

There are a lot of tools (chef, puppet, juju) out there to automate server deployments and set ups. How can these be used for automating my laptop set up? I want to be able to do nothing but run a command and sit back while everything is installed…
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apache2 and sshd are listening, but only sshd is accessible from remote

I've just installed apache2 on Ubuntu (aws) using chef. Apache2 on Ubuntu Server: 10.1.1.1 Client: 10.1.1.200 I've also verified that both tcp 22 (sshd) & tcp 80 (apache2) are listening root@Ubuntu:/var/www# netstat -anp | egrep '22|80' tcp …
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How to download files to multiple laptops at once with dynamic IPs

I work at a company that teaches kids how to code, we often travel to the school sites to do the camp and have our own fleet of laptops that we bring with us. I have the laptops in a Deep Freeze state. Is there any way to get a sort of…
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getting error for knife bootstrap on ubuntu chef node

Getting knife bootstrap error on ubuntu chef node $ knife bootstrap 52.8.178.221 -x ubuntu -i ~/Keys/chef1.pem mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/etc/chef’: Permission denied 52.8.178.221 bash: line 35: /etc/chef/validation.pem: No such file or…
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chef server version for ubuntu 12.04, 32 bit

Where can i get chef-server version for ubuntu 12.04, 32 bit. this link provided does not have it for 32 bit os, http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/ plz help
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Can you return 0 when stopping an upstart service which is already stopped?

I have a custom upstart service which I'm trying to automate via Chef. The chef flow is like this: - Create /etc/init/myservice.conf, notify restart myservice (if conf file changes) - Start myservice The Chef service restart is actually carried out…
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unable to install and configure chef-server on ubuntu 12.04

I have ubuntu 12.04 installed on aws cloud and I am trying to install chef server on it, but it does not configures correctly and returns an error. I am following this simple guide for installation here And I get the following error after running…
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Package linux-image-extra-3.13.0-166-generic is missing in 14.04

I have a chef script that installs linux-image-extra for whatever the given kernel is on the system by doing apt-get -y install linux-image-extra-uname -r, but today it's started to fail saying that linux-image-extra-3.13.0-166-generic does not…
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How can I find out where chef server is installed in my Ubuntu system?

I have installed chef server but I am unable to find the path to it. Where is it installed, or how can I find out where it is installed?
Biswajeet Behera
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