How to Install & Set Up Chef Infra

Install Chef Workstation to author, test, and apply Chef Infra cookbooks for Ruby-based infrastructure automation.

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Prerequisites

✓A workstation (Linux, macOS, or Windows) to author cookbooks
✓Target nodes reachable over SSH/WinRM

Install Chef Workstation

Linux / macOS

curl -L https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P chef-workstation

Windows (Chocolatey)

choco install chef-workstation

Verify the installation

terminal

chef -v

The omnitruck installer script already detects your distro and picks the right package (deb on Debian/Ubuntu, rpm on RHEL/Fedora/Amazon Linux) automatically — no separate RHEL-specific command needed.

Generate and apply your first cookbook

terminal

chef generate cookbook my_cookbook
cd my_cookbook
# apply it locally without a Chef Server:
sudo chef-client --local-mode --runlist 'recipe[my_cookbook::default]'

Documentation & Knowledge Base

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