How to Install Chef on OpenBSD

Chef is a powerful automation platform that allows you to manage your infrastructure as code. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Chef on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

Step 1: Update your system

The first step is to update your system. Open a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo syspatch

This command will update your OpenBSD system to the latest security patches.

Step 2: Install prerequisites

Next, install the required packages for Chef. Run the following command:

sudo pkg_add ruby25 ruby25-dev gcc cmake gmake openssl

Step 3: Install Chef

Now that we have installed the prerequisites, we can install Chef. Run the following command in your terminal window:

sudo gem install chef

This command will install the latest version of Chef on your system.

Step 4: Verify installation

To verify that Chef has been installed successfully, run the following command:

chef --version

This command should output the version of Chef that you just installed.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Chef on OpenBSD. You can now use Chef to automate the management of your infrastructure.

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