Chef Ohai

Chef Ohai is a system profiling tool built into Chef, an infrastructure automation and configuration management platform. It collects detailed information about system properties (hardware, network, operating system, virtualization, and cloud metadata) before Chef applies any configuration changes. This guide explains how to add Chef Ohai integration to Cloudaware.

To see how Cloudaware seamlessly integrates with Chef Ohai, request a demo.

Prerequisites

Upload AWS^* EC2 instance facts to AWS S3 bucket accessible by Cloudaware.

^*Although Chef Ohai supports multi-cloud, the Cloudaware integration currently supports only AWS.

Add a Chef Ohai integration

1. Log in to Cloudaware → Admin.
   

   

2. Find Chef Ohai in DevOps integrations. Click +ADD.
   

   

3. Fill out the form:
   

   

   WHERE
   AWS Account – select one from the drop-down list
   Bucket Name – the name of the S3 bucket that stores the uploaded EC2 instance facts
   Bucket Region – specify the AWS region where the S3 bucket resides
   File Prefix – the path prefix within the bucket for Cloudaware to read the uploaded facts
   
   Click SAVE.
   

4. A green light in the ‘Status’ column indicates successful configuration. If the light is red, contact support@cloudaware.com. 
   

5. Facts are displayed on AWS EC2 instances in the Cloudaware CMDB.