Chef Server

This repository is the central repository for the Chef server.

If you want to file an issue about Chef Server or contribute a change, you're in the right place.

If you need to file an issue against another Chef project, you can find a list of projects and where to file issues in the community contributions section of the Chef docs.

Building a Chef Server package locally:

You can build a Chef Server package locally with vagrant and test-kitchen.

cd omnibus/
make dev dev-build

Once the build is complete, the package should be in omnibus/pkg. By default the dev-build target will create an Ubuntu 10.04 build.

Components of the Chef Server

This repository contains the core services that make up the Chef Server.

|-- oc-chef-pedant: A comprehensive test suite for the Chef Server API
|-- omnibus: Omnibus build configuration for the Chef Server
|-- scripts: Utility scripts
`-- src
    |-- bookshelf: S3-compatible engine for storing cookbook data
    |-- chef-mover: data migration orchestrator used in upgrades
    |-- chef-server-bootstrap: ruby tool to instantiate key data structures in a new chef server
    |-- oc-id: OAuth2 provider for extensions like Analytics or Supermarket
    |-- oc_bifrost: Chef Server's authorization service
    |-- oc_erchef: The core REST API server
    `-- opscode-expander: a service that transforms Chef data before sending it to Solr for indexing

Dependencies contained in other repositories

• knife-ec-backup, used to ease migrations from Open Source Chef Server 11 (and below)
• knife-opc, used to provide administrative command-line control to the Chef Server from the console

Major Technologies used in Chef Server

• Erlang
• PostgreSQL
• RabbitMQ
• Redis
• Solr4
• Nginx (openresty with lpeg library addition)
• Runit for service supervision

If you're looking to contribute to certain parts of the Chef server, familiarity with the following related tools is also beneficial, depending on the area.

• rebar (used for dependency management in Erlang)
• keepalived (used for HA setups in the server)
• sqitch (database migrations)
• lua (routing rules in openresty)