Job Orchestration
Scalable Enterprise Job Orchestration for Your IT Infrastructure
Execute Any Job. On Any Node. At Any Time.
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Using the Chef Platform, You Can:
Gain Control
Take precise command of your entire IT fleet; run any jobs on any node, at any time, in any environment.
Integrate Seamlessly
Connect effortlessly with external tools to enable smooth workflow execution and orchestration across platforms.
Democratize DevOps
Unite people, tools and processes to foster inclusive collaboration and empower broader stakeholder engagement.
Respond and Recover
Quickly build jobs to handle ad-hoc events and proactively plan for scheduled operations with confidence.
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Core Features
From Concept to Action: Chef Job Orchestration in Practice
Visual Orchestration
The intuitive UI empowers users of all skill levels to manage infrastructure, automate workflows and monitor jobs with confidence.
Job Execution
Empower users to perform any action, whether it's running scripts, executing OS commands, applying cookbooks or policyfiles, enforcing compliance profiles or deploying application packages.
Smart Targeting
Enable users to target any node using IDs, queries, saved lists, or custom parameters and execute jobs in sequential, parallel or batched patterns.
Job Scheduling
Give users full control over when actions are performed, whether on-demand, scheduled, recurring or with exception handling.
Pre-defined Templates
Chef job templates let you define schedules, targets and actions in a structured JSON format for repeatable and frequently-used orchestration tasks.
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Automation Solutions
The Progress® Chef® solution streamlines and automates IT operations across a wide range of use cases, from incident response to compliance and upgrades. The Chef platform delivers efficiency, reliability and security at scale regardless of your infrastructure needs.
Incident Response
Detect and fix issues automatically in real-time, reduce downtime and MTTR by over 50%.
Certificate Rotation
Automate certificate rotation and related tasks and reduce operational risks and downtime.
Patch Management
Roll out patches across your fleet in a controlled, reliable manner and reduce 80% time reduction on patching efforts.
Compliance Automation
Schedule recurring compliance scans that trigger remediation workflows and generate detailed reports.
Ad-Hoc and Scheduled Jobs
Execute ad-hoc or pre-planned DevSecOps workflows and automate IT operations.
Controlled Upgrades
Identify target nodes and perform controlled rollouts of OS upgrades.
Orchestration That Drives Real Benefits
Control Over All Dimensions of Change Rollout
Target specific nodes for specific changes - ad hoc or scheduled targeting based on pre-defined conditions.
Easy Upgrades and Maintenance of Your Fleet
Use cookbooks, policies, shell scripts or JSON as jobs. Upgrade applications across nodes with ease and rollout changes with flexibility.
Reactive Work
Made Easy
Apply patches and security fixes or rollback changes as and when needed. Create incident response cookbooks and orchestrate remediation.
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Chef Support, Built Around You
Chef support isn't just about solving tickets; it's about helping you grow, learn and shape what comes next. Whether you're just getting started or scaling enterprise-wide, we have resources to support your journey.
LearnChef
Explore hands-on, self-paced learning built by Chef engineers. LearnChef helps your teams master the platform quickly and its support extends beyond tickets, into real, sustainable skill-building.
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Customer Validation Program (CVP)
Be the first to shape what's coming. Our CVP lets you test new features early, offer feedback and partner directly with the Chef product team.
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