Chef Server Detection

info Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9573

Synopsis

The remote host is running Chef Server.

Description

The remote host is running Chef Server. Chef is a configuration management tool used to streamline the task of configuring and maintaining a company's servers, and it can integrate with cloud-based platforms such as Internap, Amazon EC2, Google Cloud Platform, OpenStack, SoftLayer, Microsoft Azure and Rackspace to automatically provision and configure new machines.

Solution

Ensure that this software is authorized and running in compliance with corporate standards and security guidelines.

See Also

https://www.chef.io

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 9573

Family: Generic

Published: 9/22/2016

Updated: 12/12/2016