13. What is the architecture of Chef?
Chef is composed of many components like Chef Server, Client etc. Some of the main components in Chef are as follows:
I. Client : These are the nodes or individual users that communicate with Chef server.
II. Chef Manage : This is the web console that is used for interacting with Chef Server.
III. Load Balancer : All the Chef server API requests are routed through Load Balancer. It is implemented in
Nginx.
IV. Bookshelf : This is the component that stores cookbooks. All the cookbooks are stored in a repository. It is
separate storage from the Chef server.
V. PostgreSQL : This is the data repository for Chef server.
VI. Chef Server : This is the hub for configuration data. All the cookbooks and policies are stored in it. It can
scale to the size of any enterprise.