Manage the Hosted Chef Server

Hosted Chef is a version of a Chef Server that is hosted by Opscode. Hosted Chef is cloud-based, scalable, and available (24x7/365), with resource-based access control. Hosted Chef has all of the automation capabilities of Chef, but without requiring it to be set up and managed from behind the firewall.

Hosted Chef is a version of a Chef Server that is hosted by Opscode. Hosted Chef is cloud-based, scalable, and available (24x7/365), with resource-based access control. Hosted Chef has all of the automation capabilities of Chef, but without requiring it to be set up and managed from behind the firewall.

The Chef manager is a web-based interface that provides users of Chef a way to manage the following from the Chef Server:

• Nodes
• Cookbooks and recipes
• Roles
• Stores of JSON data (data bags), including encrypted data
• Environments
• Searching of indexed data on the Chef Server
• User accounts and user data for the individuals who have permission to log on to and access the Chef Server

The following sections contain more information about how to manage Hosted Chef:

• Manage Accounts in Hosted Chef
• Manage Clients in Hosted Chef
• Manage Cookbooks in Hosted Chef
• Manage Data Bags in Hosted Chef
• Manage Environments in Hosted Chef
• Manage Groups in Hosted Chef
• Manage Nodes in Hosted Chef
• Manage Organizations in Hosted Chef
• Manage Permissions in Hosted Chef
• Manage Roles in Hosted Chef
• Using Search in Hosted Chef
• Manage Users in Hosted Chef