Install Chef Infra Client RC2 using a native installer

The Chef Infra Client native installers provide an efficient way to install the Chef Infra Client on both Debian and RPM-based distributions. Users can download and install the pre-built .deb or .rpm packages using their existing package management tools, simplifying the deployment process for managing system configurations.

Supported platforms

Chef Infra Client 19 RC2 is supported on Linux x86-64 systems.

Prerequisites

This install process has the following prerequisites:

Chef Workstation isn’t installed on the target system.
On Debian-based systems, the dpkg package manager is installed on the target system.
On RPM-based systems, the RPM and DNF package managers are installed on the target system.
You have a valid Progress Chef License key.
The target system is connected to the internet.

Install Chef Infra Client

To install Chef Infra Client 19, follow these steps:

Add your Progress Chef License key to your machine’s environment:
```
export CHEF_LICENSE_KEY=<LICENSE_KEY>
```
Replace <LICENSE_KEY> with your Progress Chef License key.

Download the Chef Infra Client installer.

Download Debian-based installer

For Debian-based distributions:

Using Wget:

wget https://chef-hab-migration-tool-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/rc2_hab_pkg_chef_client/rc2_installer_folder/chef-infra-client-19.1.rc2_amd64.deb?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAW4FPVFT6BIP2EQW7&Signature=juoMKNP%2BAnq6cV61c%2BIrj2OIhFI%3D&Expires=1756222738

Using curl:

curl -LO https://chef-hab-migration-tool-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/rc2_hab_pkg_chef_client/rc2_installer_folder/chef-infra-client-19.1.rc2_amd64.deb?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAW4FPVFT6BIP2EQW7&Signature=juoMKNP%2BAnq6cV61c%2BIrj2OIhFI%3D&Expires=1756222738

Download RPM-based installer

For RPM-based distributions:

Using Wget:

wget https://chef-hab-migration-tool-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/rc2_hab_pkg_chef_client/rc2_installer_folder/chef-infra-client-19.1.rc2.amzn2.x86_64.rpm?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAW4FPVFT6BIP2EQW7&Signature=YNL2rOEpPflwG4PPyvIcofHBZ%2Fc%3D&Expires=1756222794

Using curl:

curl -LO https://chef-hab-migration-tool-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/rc2_hab_pkg_chef_client/rc2_installer_folder/chef-infra-client-19.1.rc2.amzn2.x86_64.rpm?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAW4FPVFT6BIP2EQW7&Signature=YNL2rOEpPflwG4PPyvIcofHBZ%2Fc%3D&Expires=1756222794

Navigate to the directory with the installer
```
cd /path/to/downloaded/installer
```
Install the package.
- Install on Debian-based distributions
  For Debian-based distributions:
```
sudo -E dpkg -i chef-infra-client-19.1.rc2_amd64.deb
```
- Install on RPM-based distributions
  For RPM-based distributions:
```
sudo -E dnf install chef-infra-client-19.1.rc2.amzn2.x86_64.rpm -y
```
Verify the installation:
```
chef-client --version
```

Next step

After installing Chef Infra Client, you can test it by running an example cookbook.