# Fqdn and Chef Server

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/fqdn-and-chef-server/5338>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [May 23, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/fqdn-and-chef-server/5338 "2014-05-23T08:33:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![David\_Gil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@David\_Gil](https://discourse.chef.io/u/David_Gil)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/fqdn-and-chef-server/5338/1 "2014-05-23T08:33:08Z")

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Hi!

At work we want to setup a Chef server but we don’t have DNS servers  
that we can touch and so we work with IP addresses. Can the Chef  
server work with an IP address instead of a fqdn?

Thanks,

–  
David Gil Oliva

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**Author:** ![Indra\_k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@Indra\_k](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Indra_k)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/fqdn-and-chef-server/5338/2 "2014-05-23T10:25:28Z")

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Hi David ,

```
         yes,it is possible to use ip address without use of fqdn name and setup your chef server.

```

Thanks,  
indra.

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From: David Gil [dgilo@aemet.es](mailto:dgilo@aemet.es)  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Sent: Friday, 23 May 2014 2:03 PM  
Subject: [chef] fqdn and Chef Server

Hi!

At work we want to setup a Chef server but we don’t have DNS servers  
that we can touch and so we work with IP addresses. Can the Chef  
server work with an IP address instead of a fqdn?

Thanks,

–  
David Gil Oliva

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**Author:** ![Kadel\_Garcia\_Nico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/50afbb/32.png) [@Kadel\_Garcia\_Nico](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Kadel_Garcia_Nico)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/fqdn-and-chef-server/5338/3 "2014-05-23T10:45:45Z")

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I’d actually recommend using IP’s for the chef server, in general. If your DNS is managed from chef, and accidentally fails due to a misconfiguration, it can be very awkward to get chef-client to run on the messed up DNS server to clear the problem without this.

–  
Nico Kadel-Garcia  
Senior Systems Consultant  
Email: [nkadelgarcia-consultant@scholastic.com](mailto:nkadelgarcia-consultant@scholastic.com)  
Cell Phone: +1.339.368.2428

From: Indra k [[mailto:indra.k@cloudenablers.com](mailto:indra.k@cloudenablers.com)]  
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 6:25 AM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Re: fqdn and Chef Server

Hi David ,

```
         yes,it is possible to use ip address without use of fqdn name and setup your chef server.

```

Thanks,  
indra.

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From: David Gil \<[dgilo@aemet.es](mailto:dgilo@aemet.es)[mailto:dgilo@aemet.es](mailto:dgilo@aemet.es)\>  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)[mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Sent: Friday, 23 May 2014 2:03 PM  
Subject: [chef] fqdn and Chef Server

Hi!

At work we want to setup a Chef server but we don’t have DNS servers  
that we can touch and so we work with IP addresses. Can the Chef  
server work with an IP address instead of a fqdn?

Thanks,

–  
David Gil Oliva

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**Author:** ![David\_Gil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@David\_Gil](https://discourse.chef.io/u/David_Gil)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/fqdn-and-chef-server/5338/4 "2014-05-23T11:07:06Z")

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