Chef Infra Server License Usage
Warning
Chef Infra Server is deprecated and will reach end-of-life status in November 2026.
Chef 360 Platform is the current Chef platform for infrastructure operations and supports multiple operational models, including Declarative State Management (DSM), job-based automation, and compliance workflows.
Contact your Chef account representative to evaluate available options on Chef 360 Platform and determine the most appropriate path based on their existing usage and future requirements.
Chef Infra Server captures license usage data under the Progress Chef license agreement. This process runs in the background, it doesn’t require user approval or intervention, and it can’t be disabled. All information is collected and utilized pursuant to the Progress Privacy Policy which is available through the Progress Privacy Center.
Collected data
Chef Infra Server collects the following information from your environment:
- The Chef Infra Server version.
- The domain name of the Chef Infra Server installation and the number of installations by collecting the following parameters:
- Reports the domain name associated with the most common number of logins registered with Chef Infra Server. For example,
progress.comorexample.com. - Hashing subdomain details and combining them with the internal load balancer’s domain name to prevent transmitting FQDN in its identifiable form but only essential fields to identify unique installations of the Infra Server.
- Reports the domain name associated with the most common number of logins registered with Chef Infra Server. For example,
- The number of nodes checked into the server in the last 30 days.
- The
chef-server-ctlbinary filename and location. - The Chef Infra Server’s configuration file location.