# Chef server image in Docker?

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server-image-in-docker/8911>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [July 12, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server-image-in-docker/8911 "2016-07-12T04:22:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![hendry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/hendry/32/1489_2.png) [@hendry](https://discourse.chef.io/u/hendry)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server-image-in-docker/8911/1 "2016-07-12T04:22:36Z")

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Is there an officially sanctioned chef server Docker image?

Hard to tell from [https://hub.docker.com/search/?isAutomated=0&isOfficial=0&page=1&pullCount=0&q=chef+server&starCount=0](https://hub.docker.com/search/?isAutomated=0&isOfficial=0&page=1&pullCount=0&q=chef+server&starCount=0)

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**Author:** ![coderanger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/coderanger/32/5_2.png) [@coderanger](https://discourse.chef.io/u/coderanger)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server-image-in-docker/8911/2 "2016-07-12T05:10:38Z")

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There is not. Chef Server uses a number of pieces that don’t really cope well with Docker as a runtime environment. It could be done, but no one has put in the hours. If you want to go the Docker route, I would look at Goiardi instead as a starting point.

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**Author:** ![joerg.herzinger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/joerg.herzinger/32/1514_2.png) [@joerg.herzinger](https://discourse.chef.io/u/joerg.herzinger)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server-image-in-docker/8911/3 "2016-07-12T06:56:33Z")

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Actually, there is a really good one: [https://github.com/3ofcoins/docker-chef-server](https://github.com/3ofcoins/docker-chef-server)  
I am already using it in production in a smaller company with only about 100 Servers to manage. But it works quite well. The Docker image is hosted at [quai.io](http://quai.io) and there also is a pull request with the changes needed for Chef Manage and the other plugins.