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Description

Chef transforms infrastructure into code. Chef automates how you build, deploy and manage your infrastructure. Your infrastructure can be as easily modified, tested, and repeated as application code. Chef Infrastructure Management automates infrastructure management automation to ensure configurations are consistently applied in all environments. Chef Compliance makes it easy for the enterprise to enforce and maintain compliance. Chef App Delivery enables you to deliver consistent, high-quality application results at scale. Chef Desktop allows IT teams automate the deployment, management and ongoing compliance for IT resources.

Description

Test Kitchen serves as a testing framework that allows the execution of infrastructure code in a controlled environment across multiple platforms. It employs a driver plugin system to facilitate code execution on a variety of cloud services and virtualization options, including Vagrant, Amazon EC2, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine, and Docker, among others. The tool comes pre-configured with support for several testing frameworks such as Chef InSpec, Serverspec, and Bats. In addition, it offers compatibility with Chef Infra workflows, allowing for cookbook dependency management through Berkshelf or Policyfiles, or even by simply including a cookbooks/ directory for automatic recognition. As a result, Test Kitchen is widely adopted by community cookbooks managed by Chef and has become the preferred tool for integration testing in the cookbook ecosystem. This widespread usage underscores its importance in ensuring that infrastructure code is robust and reliable across diverse environments.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

Amazon EC2 Yes 
Microsoft Azure Yes 
Alibaba Cloud Anti-Bot Service Yes 
Azure DevTest Labs Yes 
Corz Cloud Yes 
CrowdStrike Falcon ASPM Yes 
Digital.ai Release Yes 
HCL BigFix Cloud Lifecycle Management Yes 
JFrog Pipelines Yes 
MicroK8s Yes 
Omnium Lite Yes 
Opsera Yes 
Pica8 PICOS Yes 
Resolve Yes 
SecretHub Yes 
Securden Password Vault for Enterprises Yes 
Securden Unified PAM Yes 
Snappytick Yes 
Snow Commander Yes 
phoenixNAP Yes 

Integrations

Amazon EC2 Yes 
Microsoft Azure Yes 
Alibaba Cloud Anti-Bot Service No 
Azure DevTest Labs No 
Corz Cloud No 
CrowdStrike Falcon ASPM No 
Digital.ai Release No 
HCL BigFix Cloud Lifecycle Management No 
JFrog Pipelines No 
MicroK8s No 
Omnium Lite No 
Opsera No 
Pica8 PICOS No 
Resolve No 
SecretHub No 
Securden Password Vault for Enterprises No 
Securden Unified PAM No 
Snappytick No 
Snow Commander No 
phoenixNAP No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux Yes 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Progress Software

Founded

1981

Country

United States

Website

www.chef.io

Vendor Details

Company Name

KitchenCI

Founded

2008

Country

United States

Website

kitchen.ci/

Product Features

Configuration Management

Access Control / Permissions Yes 
Application Deployment Yes 
Automated Provisioning Yes 
Infrastructure Automation Yes 
Node Management Yes 
Orchestration Yes 
Reporting Analytics / Visualization Yes 
Task Management Yes 

Continuous Delivery

Application Lifecycle Management No 
Application Release Automation No 
Build Automation No 
Build Log No 
Change Management No 
Configuration Management No 
Continuous Deployment No 
Continuous Integration No 
Feature Toggles / Feature Flags No 
Quality Management No 
Testing Management No 

DevOps

Approval Workflow No 
Dashboard Yes 
KPIs No 
Policy Management No 
Portfolio Management No 
Prioritization No 
Release Management Yes 
Timeline Management Yes 
Troubleshooting Reports Yes 

Software Configuration Management (SCM)

Automated Cleanup No 
Branch Merging No 
Code Review No 
Concurrency Management No 
Defect Tracking No 
Flexible Branching No 
Rapid Hotfix No 
Rapid Rebuilds No 
Regulatory Compliance No 
Version Control / Management No 
Workflow / Process Automation No 

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