Open Source Chef Server Management Console

Setting up the Management Console

In order to set up and start the management console, use the [chef::bootstrap_server ] recipe with webui_enabled. The management console will be running on port 4040.

Using the Management Console

In order to start using the Management Console, you need to first create a user or change the default password on the "admin" user.

The following articles shows how to use the Management Console in detail:

• Managing Management Console Users
• Managing Nodes through the Management Console
• Managing Roles through the Management Console
• Managing Cookbooks through the Management Console
• Managing Data bags through the Management Console
• Managing API Clients through the Management Console
• Search on the Management Console
• Looking up node status through the Management Console
  
  
  
  

Management Console

Looking up node status through the Management Console