Your chef server should always be a 64bit linux machine only and your chef client can be on any platform. This is typically done during the installation of chef infra client automatically. This will install a chef infra client service under microsoft windows using the windows service wrapper. Installing msis with chef, aditya karanjkar, 06302014 archive powered by mhonarc 2. Registering windows 2008 server to opscode chef server. Chef workstation gives you everything you need to get started with chef ad hoc remote execution, remote scanning, configuration tasks, cookbook creation tools as well as robust dependency and testing software all in one easyto install package. Install chef infra client using an existing process. If these values for any reason are not in the path environment variable, chef infra client will not run. Install the chefclient on microsoft windows chefclient 11. Our supported versions page lists which product versions are governed by the new license.
Chef server cannot be installed on a windows machine. Chef infra client is an agent that runs locally on every node that is under management by chef infra. This installation is also useful when you are installing chef infra server in a virtual machine, for proofofconcept deployments, or as a part of a development or testing loop. Many organizations already have processes in place for managing the applications and settings on various microsoft windows machines. Installing and running a chef client on windows nano server march 20. On microsoft windows systems the chef install script is invoked using. A windows feature is an optional part of the operating system that you can download and includes things like iis. The chef client can be installed on machines running microsoft windows in the following ways. Automating installations of opscode chef server and chef client. It will install chef onto the remote machine and run chef client. Chef infra client can be installed on machines running microsoft windows in the. Install the chefclient on microsoft windows the chef client can be installed on machines running microsoft windows in the following ways.
Knife bootstrap will install the chefclient on a node in a chef server environment. Detects the platform, version, and architecture of the machine on which the installer is being executed. After chef infra client is installed, it is located at c. The standalone installation of chef infra server creates a working installation on a single server. Install the chefclient on microsoft windows chefclient.
On microsoft windows, chef infra client must have two entries added to the path environment variable. Recent releases of our software distributions are under a new license. Install the chefclient on microsoft windows chef single. The main configuration file for chef infra client is located at c. Using chef on windows is easier than you think postmark.
The chefclient packer provisioner installs and configures software on machines built by packer using chefclient. This is likely a combination of something going wrong with the installation of the msi and what looks like a bug in mixllib install where it does not send a non0 exit code if the installation fails. After chef infra client is configured to run as a scheduled task, the default file path is. When chef infra client runs, it will bring the node into the expected state and prevent configuration drift. Install the chefclient on microsoft windows chef singlepage topics. Installing and running a chef client on windows nano server. The knife windows subcommand is used to interact with windows. Automating openstack installations of opscode chef server and chef client.
The chef software install script can be used to install any chef software, including things like chef infra client, chef infra server, chef inspec. Chef infra client asks the chef infra server for a list of all cookbook files including recipes, templates, resources, providers, attributes, libraries, and definitions that will be required to do every action identified in the runlist for the rebuilt node object. Install chef infra client on windows nodes chef documentation. A microsoft installer package msi is available for installing chef infra client on a microsoft windows machine at chef downloads. By using the knife windows plugin to bootstrap the chef client. The chef infra server provides to chef infra client a list of all of those files.
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