Chef Browser (2023)

A simple read-only web application for browsing objects on a Chef Infra Server (or Cinc Server).

Inspiration taken from the abandoned chef-browser ruby/sinatra application.

Installation

Configuration

All configurable settings are documented in defaults.ini.

Two methods of installation are planned:

Traditional deployment using systemd
Docker container

docker run -d \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v /path/to/example.pem:/example.pem:ro \
  -v /path/to/config.ini:/config.ini:ro \
  drewhammond/chefbrowser:latest --config /config.ini

Usage

chefbrowser is a read-only web application for viewing
Chef Infra Server (or Cinc Server) resources

Usage:
  chefbrowser --config /path/to/config.ini [flags]

Flags:
      --config string   path to config file
  -h, --help            help for chefbrowser
  -v, --version         version for chefbrowser

Contributing

This project is in its infancy so any and all contributes are welcome! If you're looking for something to work on, I think the frontend could use some love.

TODO

Test suite
Drop Cobra (do we need it?)
Support browsing multiple chef organizations
Windows support? (if you are interested, please file an issue!)

License

MIT