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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Provisioner: chef"
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sidebar_current: "docs-provisioners-chef"
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description: |-
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The `chef` provisioner installs, configures and runs the Chef client on a resource.
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---
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# Chef Provisioner
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The `chef` provisioner installs, configures and runs the Chef Client on a remote resource. The `chef` provisioner supports both `ssh`
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and `winrm` type [connections](/docs/provisioners/connection.html).
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## Requirements
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The `chef` provisioner has some prerequisites for specific connection types:
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* For `ssh` type connections, `cURL` must be available on the remote host.
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* For `winrm` connections, `PowerShell 2.0` must be available on the remote host.
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Without these prerequisites, your provisioning execution will fail.
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## Example usage
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```
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# Start a initial chef run on a resource
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resource "aws_instance" "web" {
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# ...
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provisioner "chef" {
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attributes_json = <<-EOF
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{
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"key": "value",
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"app": {
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"cluster1": {
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"nodes": [
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"webserver1",
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"webserver2"
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]
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}
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}
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}
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EOF
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environment = "_default"
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run_list = ["cookbook::recipe"]
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node_name = "webserver1"
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secret_key = "${file("../encrypted_data_bag_secret")}"
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server_url = "https://chef.company.com/organizations/org1"
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recreate_client = true
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user_name = "bork"
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user_key = "${file("../bork.pem")}"
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version = "12.4.1"
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}
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}
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```
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## Argument Reference
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The following arguments are supported:
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* `attributes_json (string)` - (Optional) A raw JSON string with initial node attributes
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for the new node. These can also be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()`
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interpolation function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_).
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* `client_options (array)` - (Optional) A list of optional Chef Client configuration
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options. See the [Chef Client ](https://docs.chef.io/config_rb_client.html) documentation
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for all available options.
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* `disable_reporting (boolean)` - (Optional) If `true` the Chef Client will not try to send
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reporting data (used by Chef Reporting) to the Chef Server (defaults to `false`).
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* `environment (string)` - (Optional) The Chef environment the new node will be joining
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(defaults to `_default`).
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* `fetch_chef_certificates (boolean)` (Optional) If `true` the SSL certificates configured
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on your Chef Server will be fetched and trusted. See the knife [ssl_fetch](https://docs.chef.io/knife_ssl_fetch.html)
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documentation for more details.
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* `log_to_file (boolean)` - (Optional) If `true`, the output of the initial Chef Client run
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will be logged to a local file instead of the console. The file will be created in a
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subdirectory called `logfiles` created in your current directory. The filename will be
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the `node_name` of the new node.
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* `use_policyfile (boolean)` - (Optional) If `true`, use the policy files to bootstrap the
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node. Setting `policy_group` and `policy_name` are required if this is `true`. (defaults to
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`false`).
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* `policy_group (string)` - (Optional) The name of a policy group that exists on the Chef
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server. Required if `use_policyfile` is set; `policy_name` must also be specified.
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* `policy_name (string)` - (Optional) The name of a policy, as identified by the `name`
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setting in a Policyfile.rb file. Required if `use_policyfile` is set; `policy_group`
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must also be specified.
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* `http_proxy (string)` - (Optional) The proxy server for Chef Client HTTP connections.
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* `https_proxy (string)` - (Optional) The proxy server for Chef Client HTTPS connections.
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* `named_run_list (string)` - (Optional) The name of an alternate run-list to invoke during the
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initial Chef Client run. The run-list must already exist in the Policyfile that defines
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`policy_name`. Only applies when `use_policyfile` is `true`.
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* `no_proxy (array)` - (Optional) A list of URLs that should bypass the proxy.
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* `node_name (string)` - (Required) The name of the node to register with the Chef Server.
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* `ohai_hints (array)` - (Optional) A list with
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[Ohai hints](https://docs.chef.io/ohai.html#hints) to upload to the node.
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* `os_type (string)` - (Optional) The OS type of the node. Valid options are: `linux` and
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`windows`. If not supplied, the connection type will be used to determine the OS type (`ssh`
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will assume `linux` and `winrm` will assume `windows`).
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* `prevent_sudo (boolean)` - (Optional) Prevent the use of the `sudo` command while installing, configuring
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and running the initial Chef Client run. This option is only used with `ssh` type
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[connections](/docs/provisioners/connection.html).
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* `recreate_client (boolean)` - (Optional) If `true`, first delete any existing Chef Node and
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Client before registering the new Chef Client.
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* `run_list (array)` - (Optional) A list with recipes that will be invoked during the initial
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Chef Client run. The run-list will also be saved to the Chef Server after a successful
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initial run. Required if `use_policyfile` is `false`; ignored when `use_policyfile` is `true`
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(see `named_run_list` to specify a run-list defined in a Policyfile).
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* `secret_key (string)` - (Optional) The contents of the secret key that is used
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by the Chef Client to decrypt data bags on the Chef Server. The key will be uploaded to the remote
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machine. This can also be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()` interpolation
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function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_).
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* `server_url (string)` - (Required) The URL to the Chef server. This includes the path to
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the organization. See the example.
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* `skip_install (boolean)` - (Optional) Skip the installation of Chef Client on the remote
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machine. This assumes Chef Client is already installed when you run the `chef`
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provisioner.
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* `skip_register (boolean)` - (Optional) Skip the registration of Chef Client on the remote
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machine. This assumes Chef Client is already registered and the private key (`client.pem`)
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is available in the default Chef configuration directory when you run the `chef`
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provisioner.
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* `ssl_verify_mode (string)` - (Optional) Used to set the verify mode for Chef Client HTTPS
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requests.
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* `user_name (string)` - (Required) The name of an existing Chef user to register
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the new Chef Client and optionally configure Chef Vaults.
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* `user_key (string)` - (Required) The contents of the user key that will be used to
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authenticate with the Chef Server. This can also be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()`
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interpolation function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_).
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* `vault_json (string)` - (Optional) A raw JSON string with Chef Vaults and Items to which the new node
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should have access. These can also be loaded from a file on disk using the
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[`file()` interpolation function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_).
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* `version (string)` - (Optional) The Chef Client version to install on the remote machine.
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If not set, the latest available version will be installed.
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These options are supported for backwards compatibility and may be removed in a
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future version:
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* `validation_client_name (string)` - __Deprecated: please use `user_name` instead__.
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* `validation_key (string)` - __Deprecated: please use `user_key` instead__.
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