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page_title: "Provisioner: chef"
sidebar_current: "docs-provisioners-chef"
description: |-
The `chef` provisioner invokes a Chef Client run on a remote resource after first installing and configuring Chef Client on the remote resource. The `chef` provisioner supports both `ssh` and `winrm` type connections.
The `chef` provisioner installs, configures and runs the Chef client on a resource.
---
# Chef Provisioner
The `chef` provisioner invokes a Chef Client run on a remote resource after first installing
and configuring Chef Client on the remote resource. The `chef` provisioner supports both `ssh`
The `chef` provisioner installs, configures and runs the Chef Client on a remote resource. The `chef` provisioner supports both `ssh`
and `winrm` type [connections](/docs/provisioners/connection.html).
## Requirements
In order for the `chef` provisioner to work properly, you need either `cURL` (when using
a `ssh` type connection) or `PowerShell 2.0` (when using a `winrm` type connection) to be
available on the target machine.
The `chef` provisioner has some prerequisites for specific connection types:
* For `ssh` type connections, `cURL` must be available on the remote host.
* For `winrm` connections, `PowerShell 2.0` must be available on the remote host.
Without these prerequisites, your provisioning execution will fail.
## Example usage
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secret_key = "${file("../encrypted_data_bag_secret")}"
server_url = "https://chef.company.com/organizations/org1"
recreate_client = true
user_name = "bob"
user_key = "${file("../bob.pem")}"
user_name = "bork"
user_key = "${file("../bork.pem")}"
version = "12.4.1"
}
}
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interpolation function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_).
* `client_options (array)` - (Optional) A list of optional Chef Client configuration
options. See the [Chef Client ](https://docs.chef.io/config_rb_client.html) documentation for all available options.
options. See the [Chef Client ](https://docs.chef.io/config_rb_client.html) documentation
for all available options.
* `disable_reporting (boolean)` - (Optional) If true the Chef Client will not try to send
reporting data (used by Chef Reporting) to the Chef Server (defaults false)
* `disable_reporting (boolean)` - (Optional) If `true` the Chef Client will not try to send
reporting data (used by Chef Reporting) to the Chef Server (defaults to `false`).
* `environment (string)` - (Optional) The Chef environment the new node will be joining
(defaults `_default`).
(defaults to `_default`).
* `fetch_chef_certificates (boolean)` (Optional) If true the SSL certificates configured
on your Chef server will be fetched and trusted. See the knife [ssl_fetch](https://docs.chef.io/knife_ssl_fetch.html)
* `fetch_chef_certificates (boolean)` (Optional) If `true` the SSL certificates configured
on your Chef Server will be fetched and trusted. See the knife [ssl_fetch](https://docs.chef.io/knife_ssl_fetch.html)
documentation for more details.
* `log_to_file (boolean)` - (Optional) If true, the output of the initial Chef Client run
* `log_to_file (boolean)` - (Optional) If `true`, the output of the initial Chef Client run
will be logged to a local file instead of the console. The file will be created in a
subdirectory called `logfiles` created in your current directory. The filename will be
the `node_name` of the new node.
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[Ohai hints](https://docs.chef.io/ohai.html#hints) to upload to the node.
* `os_type (string)` - (Optional) The OS type of the node. Valid options are: `linux` and
`windows`. If not supplied the connection type will be used to determine the OS type (`ssh`
`windows`. If not supplied, the connection type will be used to determine the OS type (`ssh`
will assume `linux` and `winrm` will assume `windows`).
* `prevent_sudo (boolean)` - (Optional) Prevent the use of sudo while installing, configuring
* `prevent_sudo (boolean)` - (Optional) Prevent the use of the `sudo` command while installing, configuring
and running the initial Chef Client run. This option is only used with `ssh` type
[connections](/docs/provisioners/connection.html).
* `recreate_client (boolean)` - (Optional) If true, first delete the existing Chef Node and
* `recreate_client (boolean)` - (Optional) If `true`, first delete any existing Chef Node and
Client before registering the new Chef Client.
* `run_list (array)` - (Required) A list with recipes that will be invoked during the initial
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initial run.
* `secret_key (string)` - (Optional) The contents of the secret key that is used
by the client to decrypt data bags on the Chef Server. The key will be uploaded to the remote
machine. This can be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()` interpolation
by the Chef Client to decrypt data bags on the Chef Server. The key will be uploaded to the remote
machine. This can also be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()` interpolation
function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_).
* `server_url (string)` - (Required) The URL to the Chef server. This includes the path to
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is available in the default Chef configuration directory when you run the `chef`
provisioner.
* `ssl_verify_mode (string)` - (Optional) Use to set the verify mode for Chef Client HTTPS
* `ssl_verify_mode (string)` - (Optional) Used to set the verify mode for Chef Client HTTPS
requests.
* `user_name (string)` - (Required) The name of an existing Chef user to use for registering
the new Chef Client and (optionally) configure Chef Vaults.
* `user_name (string)` - (Required) The name of an existing Chef user to register
the new Chef Client and optionally configure Chef Vaults.
* `user_key (string)` - (Required) The contents of the user key that will be used to
authenticate with the Chef Server. This can be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()`
authenticate with the Chef Server. This can also be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()`
interpolation function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_).
* `vault_json (string)` - (Optional) A raw JSON string with Chef Vaults and Items to give
the new node access to. These can also be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()
` interpolation function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_).
* `vault_json (string)` - (Optional) A raw JSON string with Chef Vaults and Items to which the new node
should have access. These can also be loaded from a file on disk using the
[`file()` interpolation function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_).
* `version (string)` - (Optional) The Chef Client version to install on the remote machine.
If not set the latest available version will be installed.
If not set, the latest available version will be installed.
These are supported for backwards compatibility and may be removed in a
These options are supported for backwards compatibility and may be removed in a
future version:
* `validation_client_name (string)` - __Deprecated: please use `user_name` instead__.