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Chef — Interview Questions & Answers

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​What is a resource?

Answer- A resource represents a piece of infrastructure and its desired state, such as a package that should be installed, a service that should be running, or a file that should be generated.

Question: What is a recipe?
Answer- A recipe is a collection of resources that describes a particular configuration or policy. A recipe describes everything that is required to configure part of a system. Recipes do things such as:

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  1. sneha13 January 2026 at 21:52

    This post is a focused collection of Chef interview questions and answers that cover core concepts like resources, cookbooks, recipes, nodes, and the Chef client–server model. It works well as a quick revision sheet for DevOps or configuration‑management interviews, helping candidates strengthen their understanding of how Chef represents and manages infrastructure state.

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  2. Rahul13 January 2026 at 23:31

    Resources, cookbooks, recipes, nodes, and the Chef client-server model are just a few of the key topics covered in this collection of Chef interview questions and answers. For DevOps or configuration-management interviews, it serves as a useful quick review sheet that helps candidates improve their comprehension of how Chef represents and maintains infrastructure state.

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