Chef Client A chef-client is an agent that runs locally on every node that is under management by Chef. The chef-client executable can be run as a daemon. When a chef-client is run, it will perform all of the steps that are required to bring the node into the expected state, including: Registering and authenticating the node with the Chef server Building the node object Read more click here Reference:- This article was originally posted on scmGalaxy.com