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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 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.
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---
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# Chef Provisioner
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The `chef` provisioner invokes a Chef Client run on a remote resource after first installing
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and configuring Chef Client on the 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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In order for the `chef` provisioner to work properly, you need either `cURL` (when using
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a `ssh` type connection) or `PowerShell 2.0` (when using a `winrm` type connection) to be
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available on the target machine.
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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 = <<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 = "${file("../encrypted_data_bag_secret")}"
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server_url = "https://chef.company.com/organizations/org1"
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validation_client_name = "chef-validator"
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validation_key = "${file("../chef-validator.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 (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 [documentation](https://docs.chef.io/config_rb_client.html) 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 false)
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* `environment (string)` - (Optional) The Chef environment the new node will be joining
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(defaults `_default`).
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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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* `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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* `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 sudo 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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* `run_list (array)` - (Required) 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.
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* `secret_key (string)` - (Optional) The contents of the secret key that is used
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by the client to decrypt data bags on the Chef Server. The key will be uploaded to the remote
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machine. These can 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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* `ssl_verify_mode (string)` - (Optional) Use to set the verify mode for Chef Client HTTPS
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requests.
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* `validation_client_name (string)` - (Required) The name of the validation client to use
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for the initial communication with the Chef Server.
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* `validation_key (string)` - (Required) The contents of the validation key that is needed
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by the node to register itself with the Chef Server. The key will be uploaded to the remote
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machine. These can 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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* `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 are supported for backwards compatibility and may be removed in a
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future version:
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* `validation_key_path (string)` - __Deprecated: please use `validation_key` instead__.
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* `secret_key_path (string)` - __Deprecated: please use `secret_key` instead__.
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