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Chef Internal - How Chef maintain the state of each resources internally?

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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

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  1. Manshi kumari14 January 2026 at 04:50

    🌟 This post about how Chef maintains the state of each resource was really insightful — I appreciate how you explained the role of the chef‑client and tools like Ohai in making sure each node converges to the desired configuration and stays consistent over time. It makes such an important concept like idempotency and state tracking feel much more understandable, especially for anyone learning Chef and real‑world configuration management! 🙌

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