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    Progress Chef accelerates your DevSecOps journey, modernizes the continuous delivery of secure applications and infrastructure, and enables you to define Policy as Code to confidently manage your entire fleet.
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    Overview

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    Accelerate your DevSecOps journey with Chef and AWS and take advantage of the flexibility, scalability, testability, security, reliability, and observability that they bring together.

    The Progress® Chef® portfolio includes solutions for infrastructure management, application delivery (including edge devices), support for cloud-to-edge security and continuous compliance solutions - accessible through a unified interface for thorough fleet-wide visibility and control.

    Infrastructure Management

    Chef uses a policy-as-code approach to streamline configuration management in any environment: on-premises, cloud, or hybrid, regardless of underlying infrastructure or OS.

    Security and Compliance Automation

    Chef helps organizations streamline the maintenance of compliant IT infrastructure, whether on-premises or in the cloud. It leverages certified, curated audit and remediation content catering to standard benchmarks such as CIS, DISA-STIGs and internal regulations across diverse IT fleets, including Cloud and Kubernetes Security Posture Management.

    If you need a customized private offer, we can create one tailored to your needs. Please contact us at marketplaces@progress.com 

    Highlights

    • Configuration Management for All Platforms and Operating Systems
    • Continuous Compliance Audits and Automated Remediation
    • Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

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    Ubuntu 24.04

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    d2.4xlarge
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    i3.8xlarge
    $0.20
    d2.2xlarge
    $0.20
    m5.large
    $0.20
    m4.large
    $0.20
    i3.4xlarge
    $0.20
    t2.xlarge
    $0.20
    t3.xlarge
    $0.20
    i3.2xlarge
    $0.20
    m5.4xlarge
    $0.20

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    Chef_on_AWS_Marketplace

    About 10 minutes after launching the Chef Automate AMI, you can access the application via a browser at https://<public_dns-name>/. Credential are provided from the instance dashboard, or you can shell into the instance to get your unique login credentials in ~/automate-credentials.toml. For hands-on learning, please visit https://learn.chef.io/ 

    CloudFormation Template (CFT)

    AWS CloudFormation templates are JSON or YAML-formatted text files that simplify provisioning and management on AWS. The templates describe the service or application architecture you want to deploy, and AWS CloudFormation uses those templates to provision and configure the required services (such as Amazon EC2 instances or Amazon RDS DB instances). The deployed application and associated resources are called a "stack."

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    Usage instructions

    About 10 minutes after launching the Chef Automate AMI, you can access the application via a browser at https://<public_dns-name>/. Credential are provided from the instance dashboard, or you can shell into the instance to get your unique login credentials in ~/automate-credentials.toml. For hands-on learning, please visit https://learn.chef.io/ 

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    In Device Security

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    Overview

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    Policy-as-Code Configuration Management
    Implements policy-as-code approach for configuration management across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments regardless of underlying infrastructure or operating system.
    Continuous Compliance Auditing
    Performs continuous compliance audits leveraging certified and curated content aligned with standard benchmarks including CIS and DISA-STIGs across diverse IT fleets.
    Automated Remediation
    Executes automated remediation of non-compliant infrastructure configurations to maintain compliance posture across on-premises and cloud environments.
    Cloud Security Posture Management
    Provides cloud security posture management capabilities including cloud and Kubernetes security posture assessment and management.
    Unified Fleet Management Interface
    Delivers unified interface for fleet-wide visibility and control across infrastructure management, application delivery, and edge devices.
    AI-Powered Infrastructure Automation
    Integrates with Amazon Bedrock and AWS MCP Server to convert natural-language intent into production-ready AWS infrastructure through pre-built agentic AI agents
    Multi-Domain Pre-built Agents
    Includes pre-built agents for Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, security, and compliance automation across AWS infrastructure
    Self-Hosted Deployment with IAM Integration
    Deployed as a single-tenant solution within an EC2 instance in customer AWS account, using IAM roles with instance profiles instead of access keys to inherit existing IAM policies
    Infrastructure as Code and API Access
    Provides web interface, REST API, and Terraform provider for infrastructure provisioning and management
    Compliance and Security Automation
    Supports automated compliance frameworks including SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, NIST, HITRUST, and FedRAMP through built-in security agents, antivirus, HIDS, NIDS, CIS hardening, and automated patching
    AI-Driven Vulnerability Prioritization
    Context-aware AI agents analyze exploitability, blast radius, compensating controls, and business impact to score and rank vulnerabilities for focused remediation efforts.
    Automated Remediation with Rollback Capabilities
    Machine-speed patching and policy fixes at scale using pre-tested code with full visibility into actions, rollback capabilities, and ITSM tool integration.
    Multi-Environment Vulnerability Scanning
    Agentless scanning and Policy-as-Code coverage across AWS, Azure, GCP, on-premises servers, endpoints, SaaS applications, and CI/CD pipelines.
    Continuous Monitoring and Drift Prevention
    Persistent scanning with continuous monitoring and drift prevention using open-source technologies like Ansible and Terraform for unified vulnerability lifecycle management.
    Compliance Framework Enforcement
    Support for 300+ out-of-the-box compliance frameworks including PCI DSS, NIST, and ISO 27001 with DevOps pipeline integration such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins.

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    94 external reviews
    External reviews are from G2  and PeerSpot .
    Bongisiwe S.

    Streamlined DevOps with Quick Deployment and Security

    Reviewed on Jul 11, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    I like that Progress Chef simplifies a DevOps engineer's work by deploying VMs seamlessly and quickly, which helps application teams not worry about deployments. It saves a lot of time since deployment can be done with API calls and agents installed, and you just need to run the pipeline. The process is also secure.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    We need more features that include AI as the world and business is moving to AIOps.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    I use Progress Chef to deploy and maintain infrastructure quicker and easier. It simplifies a DevOps engineer's work by making deployments seamless and secure. It saves time by allowing deployment with API calls and pipelines.
    Information Technology and Services

    Streamlines Task Management with Ease

    Reviewed on Jul 08, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    I use Progress Chef to manage and streamline workflows, and I really like the task tracking and the dashboard view. It makes it easy to see progress at a glance and quickly check what's done or still pending. These features help me stay organized and focused by allowing me to see what needs attention and track progress efficiently, saving me time. Additionally, the initial setup of Progress Chef was quite straightforward, and it didn't take long to get familiar with the platform and start using it effectively.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    It works well overall but when there are many tasks, it can take a bit more time to go through everything. A slightly quicker way to filter or find specific items would make it even better.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    I use Progress Chef to streamline workflows, track tasks, and ensure projects stay on schedule. It keeps me organized, prevents missing tasks, and saves time with a dashboard view to quickly check progress.
    Anonymous

    Powerful Automation with a Steep Learning Curve

    Reviewed on Jul 08, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    I like Progress Chef's ability to automate infrastructure management while ensuring consistency across all servers. Instead of configuring systems manually, I define the desired state in code, and Chef applies it automatically, reducing downtime and improving consistency. Once it's properly implemented, it becomes a powerful and reliable tool for automating infrastructure at scale. After migrating from Puppet, we have found Chef to offer a more flexible and maintainable automation platform.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    One area where Progress Chef could be improved is its learning curve, it takes more time to understand concepts. Debugging issues are challenging, setting up and managing Chef servers are complex for smaller environments.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    I use Progress Chef to manage servers, reducing downtime and improving consistency. It automates infrastructure management, allowing me to define desired states in code while ensuring consistency across servers.
    Anonymous

    User-Friendly UI with Detailed Error Tracking

    Reviewed on Jul 08, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    I find the UI of Progress Chef to be user-friendly, which really helps in displaying all the servers it supports. It shows the errors in detail for servers that are failing, and you can track back to when the failure started, which is incredibly useful. Every morning, I conduct check-ins to see which servers need attention or have been decommissioned, and this tool assists in alerting the VM owners effectively.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    None so far as we only use it for observability nothing much
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    I use Progress Chef for observability, checking health status, identifying server issues, and alerting VM owners about failures. Its user-friendly UI shows supported servers and detailed errors, helping me track problems back to their start.
    Nomzamo X.

    Efficient Automation Tool with a Learning Curve

    Reviewed on Jul 06, 2026
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    I like Progress Chef's ability to automate infrastructure management and maintain consistent server configuration across environments. It reduces manual work, it's reliable, and saves time.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Learning can be a challenge. Improved documentation would make it easier. I think a more step-by-step guide for beginners and clear troubleshooting documentation for common errors would help.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    I use Progress Chef to automate and configure servers, eliminating manual setup errors and maintaining consistent configurations. It's reliable, reduces manual work, and saves time.
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