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title: Chef
description: "Chef is a suite of automation tools for enterprise infrastructure, applications, and DevSecOps. Chef creates automations for application delivery, infrastructure configuration, and compliance auditing. ## Configuring the Connector for Chef To configure Lucidum to ingest data from Chef: 1. Log…"
url: "https://lucidum.io/docs/chef/"
updated: "2024-06-28"
category: Connectors / List of Connectors / C
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# Chef

Chef is a suite of automation tools for enterprise infrastructure, applications, and DevSecOps. Chef creates automations for application delivery, infrastructure configuration, and compliance auditing.

## Configuring the Connector for Chef

To configure Lucidum to ingest data from Chef:

1. Log in to Lucidum.
2. In the left pane, click **Connector**.
3. In the **Connector** page, click **Add Connector**.
4. Scroll until you find the Connector you want to configure. Click **Connect**. The **Settings** page appears.
5. In the **Settings** page, enter the following:

   - **URL ***(required)*: The URL of the API for Chef API
   - **Organization ***(required)*: The organization name
   - **Username ***(required)*: Username for an account in Chef with a Viewer role and access to the API.
   - **Client Key File ***(required)*: Upload Chef client key PEM file
6. To test the configuration, click **Test**.

   - If the connector is configured correctly, Lucidum displays a list of services that are accessible with the connector.
   - If the connector is not configured correctly, Lucidum displays an error message.

## API Documentation

[https://docs.chef.io/automate/api/](https://docs.chef.io/automate/api/)