# Chef server

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server/4669>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [November 12, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server/4669 "2013-11-12T22:01:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server/4669/1 "2013-11-12T22:01:09Z")

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What am I doing wrong here? I had this working on my staging/qa environment  
and now in my prod environment I can get chef to install

Ran the following:

OS - RHEL5

wget  
[https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86\_64/chef-11.8.0-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm](https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86_64/chef-11.8.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm)

rpm -ivh chef-11.8.0-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm

cd /opt/chef

chef-server-ctl reconfigure

- chef-server-ctl: command not found\*

Am I missing something?

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**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server/4669/2 "2013-11-12T22:07:46Z")

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Nikhil,

It appears that you've installed the Chef client, and not the Chef server.  
Try downloading the Chef server from this link:  
chef-server-11.0.8-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm[https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86\_64/chef-server-11.0.8-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm](https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86_64/chef-server-11.0.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm)

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Nikhil Shah [nshah@theorchard.com](mailto:nshah@theorchard.com) wrote:

> What am I doing wrong here? I had this working on my staging/qa  
> environment and now in my prod environment I can get chef to install
> 
> Ran the following:
> 
> OS - RHEL5
> 
> wget  
> [https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86\_64/chef-11.8.0-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm](https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86_64/chef-11.8.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm)
> 
> rpm -ivh chef-11.8.0-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm
> 
> cd /opt/chef
> 
> chef-server-ctl reconfigure
> 
> - chef-server-ctl: command not found\*
> 
> Am I missing something?
> 
> --
> 
> - Nikhil Shah \*/ System Administrator
> 
> [nshah@theorchard.com](mailto:nshah@theorchard.com)
> 
> _The Orchard®_ / [www.theorchard.com](http://www.theorchard.com)
> 
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> 23 E. 4th St., 3rd Fl / New York, NY 10003
> 
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Suite 601  
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-server/4669/3 "2013-11-12T22:09:01Z")

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ohhh don't i feel like the idiot, i now see the "Chef server tab" haha  
thanks!

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Stephen Delano [stephen@opscode.com](mailto:stephen@opscode.com) wrote:

> Nikhil,
> 
> It appears that you've installed the Chef client, and not the Chef server.  
> Try downloading the Chef server from this link:  
> chef-server-11.0.8-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm[https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86\_64/chef-server-11.0.8-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm](https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86_64/chef-server-11.0.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm)
> 
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Nikhil Shah [nshah@theorchard.com](mailto:nshah@theorchard.com) wrote:
> 
> > What am I doing wrong here? I had this working on my staging/qa  
> > environment and now in my prod environment I can get chef to install
> > 
> > Ran the following:
> > 
> > OS - RHEL5
> > 
> > wget  
> > [https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86\_64/chef-11.8.0-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm](https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86_64/chef-11.8.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm)
> > 
> > rpm -ivh chef-11.8.0-1.el5.x86\_64.rpm
> > 
> > cd /opt/chef
> > 
> > chef-server-ctl reconfigure
> > 
> > - chef-server-ctl: command not found\*
> > 
> > Am I missing something?
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > - Nikhil Shah \*/ System Administrator
> > 
> > [nshah@theorchard.com](mailto:nshah@theorchard.com)
> > 
> > _The Orchard®_ / [www.theorchard.com](http://www.theorchard.com)
> > 
> > t (+1) 212.308.5648 / f (+1) 212.201.9203  
> > 23 E. 4th St., 3rd Fl / New York, NY 10003
> > 
> > The Daily Rind™ / _[www.dailyrindblog.com](http://www.dailyrindblog.com)_ [http://www.dailyrindblog.com/](http://www.dailyrindblog.com/)
> > 
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> > 
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> 
> --  
> Stephen Delano  
> Software Development Engineer  
> Opscode, Inc.  
> 1008 Western Avenue  
> Suite 601  
> Seattle, WA 98104

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- Nikhil Shah \*/ System Administrator

[nshah@theorchard.com](mailto:nshah@theorchard.com)

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