Chef App Delivery is an automation solution that revolutionizes the way applications are defined, packaged, and delivered across various environments. It provides a technology-agnostic and modular approach to application delivery, enabling DevOps teams to overcome cultural challenges, manage increasing complexity, and leverage existing investments while adopting modern architectures and delivery methods. The solution offers a comprehensive set of features and benefits that streamline the entire application delivery process, from development to production.

Key Features

Universal Packaging and Cataloging Chef App Delivery provides a standardized approach to application packaging, regardless of the underlying technology or runtime environment.

• Unified specification for packaging and running distributed applications
• Signed, compressed, and versioned artifacts stored in a secure, immutable repository

Multi-Environment and Multi-Channel Management Simplifies CI/CD processes and provides flexible deployment options across different environments.

• GUI-based interface for viewing artifact contents and managing deployments
• Ability to promote packages to different channels and set up deployment patterns
• Automated rollback capabilities for failed deployments

Real-Time Data and Actionable Insights Offers comprehensive visibility into application status and performance across all environments.

• Holistic tracking of application status through Chef dashboards
• Real-time updates on application health, version, and running state
• Quick identification of failures and ability to determine appropriate remediation actions

Benefits

Increased Productivity Streamlines application delivery processes, saving time and effort across development, QA, and operations teams.

• Reduces hours spent on configuring, updating dependencies, versioning, and testing
• Enables faster issue resolution and deployment to production

Operational Consistency Ensures standardized and compliant application delivery across the organization.

• Provides codified, tested, and ready-to-go artifacts
• Facilitates easy integration with other DevOps tools

Modernization of Legacy Applications Enables the application of modern management practices to both legacy and cloud-native applications.

• Eliminates dependencies on operating systems and middleware
• Utilizes Chef Habitat Supervisor for advanced runtime capabilities and application management