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page_title: "Chef Zero - Provisioning"
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sidebar_current: "provisioning-chefzero"
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# Chef Zero Provisioner
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**Provisioner name: `chef_zero`**
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The Chef Zero provisioner allows you to provision the guest using
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[Chef](https://www.getchef.com/chef/), specifically with
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[Chef Zero/local mode](https://docs.getchef.com/ctl_chef_client.html#run-in-local-mode).
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This new provisioner is a middle ground between running a full blown
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Chef Server and using the limited [Chef Solo](/v2/provisioning/chef_solo.html)
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provisioner. It runs a local in-memory Chef Server and fakes the validation
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and client key registration.
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<div class="alert alert-warn">
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<p>
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<strong>Warning:</strong> If you're not familiar with Chef and Vagrant already,
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I recommend starting with the <a href="/v2/provisioning/shell.html">shell
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provisioner</a>. However, if you're comfortable with Vagrant already, Vagrant
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is the best way to learn Chef.
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</p>
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</div>
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## Options
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This section lists the complete set of available options for the Chef Zero
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provisioner. More detailed examples of how to use the provisioner are
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available below this section.
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* `cookbooks_path` (string or array) - A list of paths to where cookbooks
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are stored. By default this is "cookbooks", expecting a cookbooks folder
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relative to the Vagrantfile location.
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* `data_bags_path` (string) - A path where data bags are stored. By default, no
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data bag path is set.
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* `environments_path` (string) - A path where environment definitions are
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located. By default, no environments folder is set.
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* `nodes_path` (string or array) - A list of paths where node objects
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(in JSON format) are stored. By default, no nodes path is set. This value is
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required.
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* `environment` (string) - The environment you want the Chef run to be
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a part of. This requires Chef 11.6.0 or later, and that `environments_path`
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is set.
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* `roles_path` (string or array) - A list of paths where roles are defined.
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By default this is empty. Multiple role directories are only supported by
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Chef 11.8.0 and later.
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* `synced_folder_type` (string) - The type of synced folders to use when
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sharing the data required for the provisioner to work properly. By default
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this will use the default synced folder type. For example, you can set this
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to "nfs" to use NFS synced folders.
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In addition to all the options listed above, the Chef Zero provisioner supports
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the [common options for all Chef provisioners](/v2/provisioning/chef_common.html).
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## Usage
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The Chef Zero provisioner is configured basically the same way as the Chef Solo
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provisioner. See the [Chef Solo documentations](/v2/provisioning/chef_solo.html)
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for more information.
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A basic example could look like this:
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```ruby
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Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
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config.vm.provision "chef_zero" do |chef|
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# Specify the local paths where Chef data is stored
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chef.cookbooks_path = "cookbooks"
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chef.data_bags_path = "data_bags"
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chef.nodes_path = "nodes"
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chef.roles_path = "roles"
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# Add a recipe
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chef.add_recipe "apache"
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# Or maybe a role
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chef.add_role "web"
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end
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end
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```
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