Chef Connection

Learn how to configure a Chef Connection for Infisical.

Chef App Connection is a paid feature.

If you’re using Infisical Cloud, then it is available under the Enterprise Tier. If you’re self-hosting Infisical, then you should contact [e-mail] to purchase an enterprise license to use it.

Infisical supports the use of User Private Key to connect with Chef Server.

Please access your starter kit to get all the required information to create a Chef Connection.

If you don't have a starter kit

If you download a new starter kit, your previous private key/user key will no longer be valid. Please make sure to update all the places that use the previous private key.

1. Navigate to your Chef Server Dashboard, and click on the 'Organizations' tab

   
2. Click on the organization you want to connect to, and then click on the 'Starter Kit' button

   
3. Click on the 'Download Starter Kit' button to download the starter kit

   
4. Download the starter kit zip file and extract the contents

   

1. Open your starter kit's folder

   Open your starter kit’s folder(or chef-repo) and navigate to the .chef folder.

   Please make sure you have hidden files visible in your file explorer.

   
2. Copy the private key

   In the .chef folder, you will find a [your-username].pem file.

   Private Key: Copy the content of the private key file.

3. Open the config.rb file

   Open the config.rb file and copy the content of the file.

   

   User Name(1): The user name of the chef user.

   Server URL(2): The server url of the chef server.

   Organization Name(3): The organization name of the chef server.

Create a Chef Connection in Infisical via UI

Infisical UI

1. Navigate to App Connections

   In your Infisical dashboard, navigate to the Integrations tab in the desired project, then select App Connections.

   
2. Select Chef Connection

   Click + Add Connection and choose Chef Connection from the list of integrations.

   
3. Fill out the Chef Connection form

   Complete the form by providing:

   • A descriptive name for the connection

   • An optional description

   • Server URL(optional): The URL of the Chef server to connect with (defaults to https://api.chef.io)

   • Organization short name

   • User name

   • Private key: Your Chef user’s private key (.pem file)

     
4. Connection created

   After submitting the form, your Chef Connection will be successfully created and ready to use with your Infisical project.

   

API

To create a Chef Connection via API, send a request to the Create Chef Connection endpoint.

Sample request

Request

curl    --request POST \
        --url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/app-connections/chef \
        --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        --data '{
            "name": "my-chef-connection",
            "method": "user-key",
            "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
            "credentials": {
                "orgName": "my-org",
                "userName": "my-user",
                "privateKey": "your-private-key"
            }
        }'

Sample response

Response

{
  "appConnection": {
      "id": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-1234567890ab",
      "name": "my-chef-connection",
      "description": null,
      "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
      "version": 1,
      "orgId": "abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
      "createdAt": "2025-10-13T10:15:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2025-10-13T10:15:00.000Z",
      "isPlatformManagedCredentials": false,
      "credentialsHash": "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",
      "app": "chef",
      "method": "user-key",
      "credentials": {
        "orgName": "my-org",
        "userName": "my-user",
      }
  }
}