Get started with Chef 360 SaaS
This section is a quickstart guide to using Chef 360 SaaS and its tools.
How Chef 360 SaaS works
Chef 360 SaaS consists of three main components:
- Chef 360 SaaS CLIs: Users use the CLIs to define and invoke Chef Courier jobs, and configure user accounts, tenants, organizations, and nodes.
- Chef 360 SaaS: Manages users, organizations, and tenants, schedules and distributes Courier jobs, and monitors nodes and job results.
- Chef skills: Chef 360 SaaS installs skills on each node that manage the node, execute jobs, and report to Chef 360 SaaS.
What this guide covers
This guide walks you through the following steps:
- Installing Chef 360 SaaS in a single-node Kubernetes cluster.
- Installing Chef 360 SaaS CLIs on a local workstation and registering it with Chef 360 SaaS.
- Enrolling a node with Chef 360 SaaS. Nodes can be enrolled using a Chef 360 SaaS CLI or by uploading a Chef Infra cookbook if Chef Infra Client is already installed on the node.
- Defining and running a basic job on a node, and reviewing the job’s execution details and the results of each step.
Before you begin
- Review the Chef 360 SaaS system requirements.