Free On-Premise Evaluation (Chef Essentials) (section 5.1.1) states that
For thirty (30) calendar days after downloading the Software (the
“Evaluation Period”), Customer may operate unlimited Nodes on-premise and
Chef will provide Customer the Support services listed at
/service-level-agreement/#support
and
Free On-Premise License (section 5.1.2): Customer may operate
indefinitely up to twenty-five (25) on-premise Nodes behind its firewall at
no charge
whereas the plans and pricing page at ( https://www.chef.io/chef/#plans-and-pricing ) states that the Essentials
package is Free and one could manage 10,000+ node from a single server.
So, is Chef Essentials free for 10,000+ nodes for indefinite time period?
So, is Chef Essentials free for 10,000+ nodes for indefinite time period?
You can manage as many nodes as you want using the core Chef server
package (chef-server-core RPM or DEB). If you want any of the other
features like the web UI, analytics etc. for use with more than 25
nodes, that requires a license.
So, is Chef Essentials free for 10,000+ nodes for indefinite time period?
You can manage as many nodes as you want using the core Chef server
package (chef-server-core RPM or DEB). If you want any of the other
features like the web UI, analytics etc. for use with more than 25
nodes, that requires a license.
Minor nit, Push Jobs is an addon but does not require a license. Manage, Analytics, and AWS Replication do if used for more than 25 nodes.
So, is Chef Essentials free for 10,000+ nodes for indefinite time period?
You can manage as many nodes as you want using the core Chef server
package (chef-server-core RPM or DEB). If you want any of the other
features like the web UI, analytics etc. for use with more than 25
nodes, that requires a license.