Chef is a powerful automation platform that makes it easy to manage and deploy infrastructure at scale. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Chef on Windows 11.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
Go to the Chef website (https://www.chef.io/chef/) and download the latest version of the Chef installer for Windows.
Once the installer has finished downloading, double-click on the .msi file to run the installer.
On the first screen, click "Next" to begin the installation process.
On the next screen, read and accept the license agreement, then click "Next" to continue.
On the "Choose Components" screen, select the components you want to install. By default, all components are selected. Click "Next" to continue.
On the "Choose Install Location" screen, select the directory where you want to install Chef. By default, it is installed in C:\opscode\chef. Click "Install" to continue.
The Chef installer will now install the selected components. This may take some time, depending on your machine and internet connection.
Once the installation is complete, click "Finish" to exit the installer.
To verify the installation, open a command prompt and type chef --version. This should display the version of Chef that was installed.
C:\> chef --version
Chef Development Kit Version: x.x.x
chef-client version: x.x.x
berks version: x.x.x
kitchen version: x.x.x
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Chef on Windows 11.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Chef on Windows 11. Chef is a powerful automation platform that can help you manage and deploy infrastructure at scale. With Chef, you can quickly and easily provision and manage resources, configure applications, and enforce compliance across your infrastructure.
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