There are plenty of well written, documented and supported Chef recipes for dealing with all sorts of server automation, like users management, database management, Solr configuration, full application stack configuration (Sensu, Gitorious, Redmine), SSH, and many more commonly used software. All of them are open-source and have plenty of customization options. Chef itself has good documentation.
Dependencies management is very easy and robust by using librarian-chef.
Chef's verbose mode is very helpful when debugging what a recipe is doing and there's also a dry runner mode which won't actually run anything in the server, which is also helpful in some cases.
Unlike Puppet there's no domain specific language to learn, which is a big advantage for me. You only have to learn a bit of Ruby, which is an easy language to learn and use and you are able to perform any logic pretty easily when compared with Puppet which is quite limiting when you need some custom logic which is not handled by their DSL and you are forced to extend their DSL.
Chef can be configured through an specialized server that will orchestrate all managed servers or they can be used without setting up any Chef server, through chef-solo. Chef-solo can be integrated with Vagrant as well to help setting up a development environment very quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I'd prefer Chef's focused on chef-solo for most of its beginning tutorials as I find it the easier mode to start with and also the most useful one for most small organizations. The fact that chef-solo is not the tutorials assume makes it harder for a beginner to understand how it works.
I also think they could be more backwards compatible in new releases. I remember it took me quite a while to fix some old recipes I had so that it would work in newer Chef releases...
They use JIRA to manage their tickets and I really don't like JIRA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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The best part of using Progress Chef is that it doesn't depend on a single cloud infrastructure. We offer SaaS as well as Product as a Service. Given this, we provide infrastructure code and Docker images for applications to our customers. Therefore, we required a service that can manage both infrastructure code and application deployment, including the pipeline for future releases. In these terms, Progress Chef is the go-to solution for us, whether our customer is in AWS, Azure, or GCP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I would like it even more if I can get a managed service for using Progress Chef. The Infrastructure requirement for Progress Chef is a bit complex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I have used Chef in my previous company and have setup chef work station in my local. which was simple and it helps me to make some configuration changes without any downtime. it pulls configurations from the central server to the worker node Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Chef can improve their support community for better growth.
Initially, I have faced a few issue while writing the cookbooks it would have helped if they improve their support community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The most helpful aspect of Chef is its ability to automate and manage infrastructure as code.
Chef supports various operating systems and cloud platforms, making it versatile for managing heterogeneous environments.
I like the features for auditing and ensuring compliance with security policies. It helps organizations maintain a secure and compliant infrastructure.
And I like a chef-automate dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Proper testing of cookbooks is crucial, and setting up a testing environment can require additional effort. Some colleagues find the testing and development process more involved compared to simpler tools.
Lack of documentation or may lack real-world examples for practical scenarios. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Progress Chef sounds like a fascinating concept! It seems like a tool or platform designed to help individuals or businesses in the culinary field track their progress and improve their skills. I think what I'd like best about it is the potential for continuous growth and learning it offers. Being able to see your progress over time and identify areas for improvement can be incredibly motivating and helpful in mastering any skill, including cooking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing as of now. As it's covered all required features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Broad user community
ChefConf is an excellent conference Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It remains to be seen how Chef evolves after being acquired by Progress
The Chef technology itself for cookbook development has a not-insignificant learning curve due to how powerful it is Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Progress Chef in my opinion is one of the best tools to maintain and manage servers. It has made our job much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There are very few downside and even few which I have faced, the setup and downtimes are daunting but apart from it it's great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
TestKitchen to test everyrecipe before deploying, manages hugs scale, stability Infra server provides and Inspec 6 parallel scan feature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Can be better for Windows clients, Chef automate should be easier to install Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Progress chef is really easy in terms of Implementation. It has great number of features including Infrastructure Management, Release Automation, Task Management, Dashboard and Visualization etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Progress chef documentation can be made more simpler and adoptive. The quality if documentation is really important when it comes to implement a tool practically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is very wel written configuration management tool and very good to have for writing system configurations. It can very easily integrate with cloud based platforms.The best part is we can run it in client/server mode Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Written in pure domain specific Ruby language which can be difficult sometimes for users who don't know much about this language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There are multiple reasons why i love chef, like being open source, auotmate the configuration, accuracy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
For the general audience (college students) not hear about chef easily. They could have better marketing around it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
