Author:
Akshay Parvatikar
Akshay Parvatikar is a Senior Manager of Technical Marketing at Progress. With a career of over twelve years and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Akshay has worked in various roles such as solution engineering, customer consulting, and business development in web performance for Telecom and the e-commerce industry.
From Desired State to Drift Detection: Modern Infrastructure Operations with Progress Chef 360
Infrastructure environments naturally drift over time as small, undocumented changes accumulate across systems. While traditional configuration management helps define and enforce a desired state, modern infrastructure moves too quickly for periodic convergence alone to be sufficient. This blog explains how Progress Chef 360 extends traditional configuration management into a continuous operations model by combining Desired State Management (DSM), drift detection, orchestration, compliance validation, operational visibility, and AI-assisted automation. Using a Kubernetes vulnerability remediation scenario, the blog demonstrates how organizations can: Define and maintain a desired state across infrastructure. Detect configuration drift and identify impacted systems. Generate remediation workflows using AI-assisted automation. Orchestrate changes through governed workflows. Validate outcomes using compliance checks. Continuously maintain governance and operational consistency. The core message is that modern infrastructure teams need more than configuration convergence—they need a continuous operational framework that can detect drift, automate remediation, validate results, and maintain compliance across constantly changing hybrid environments.
Read moreAutomate Operational Tasks with Skill Lifecycle Hooks in the Chef 360 Platform
Skill Lifecycle Hooks in the Progress Chef® 360™ platform allow administrators to automate operational tasks before and after skill installation, updates, and removal. By embedding custom scripts directly into a Skill Definition, organizations can standardize deployment workflows, perform prerequisite checks, validate installations, execute cleanup tasks, and improve operational consistency across managed infrastructure. This article explains how Skill Lifecycle Hooks work, walks through their configuration, and shares best practices for implementing reliable and secure lifecycle automation.
Read moreSimplify Infrastructure Operations with Notification Management in the Progress Chef 360 Platform
Notification Management in the Progress Chef 360 Platform helps organizations stay informed about important infrastructure and platform events through centralized, configurable notifications. Administrators can configure notification providers, while users can personalize their notification preferences to receive updates relevant to their roles. This article explores the core concepts of Notification Management, walks through the configuration process, and highlights best practices for improving operational visibility and reducing response times across enterprise environments.
Read morePreparing AWS System Manager for Chef Licensed Downloads: A Step-by-Step Guide
AWS has updated the AWS-ApplyChefRecipes document to support upcoming Chef licensed download requirements. This blog explains the June 13, 2026 change, introduces the new Chef License Id parameter, and provides step-by-step instructions for updating AWS Systems Manager State Manager associations to ensure continued Chef Infra Client downloads and automation workflows.
Read moreConfiguring SSO-Based Authentication on the Progress Chef 360 Platform
This blog explains how to configure SSO-based authentication in Progress Chef 360 by integrating with external Identity Providers (IdPs) using standard protocols like SAML and OpenID Connect (OIDC). It covers tenant-level configuration, including enabling SSO settings, adding and managing identity providers, setting a default provider, and validating the authentication flow. The guide also highlights key aspects such as invite-only user provisioning, attribute mapping, and the importance of correct IdP configuration. Additionally, it outlines common issues (like incorrect metadata, certificate problems, and misconfigured attributes) and explains how SSO improves security, simplifies access management, and aligns Chef 360 with enterprise authentication systems.
Read moreDrive Talent Strategy and Operational Resilience for Your Infrastructure with Progress Chef
Learn how Progress Chef 360 helps teams attract top SRE talent and reduce MTTR with policy-as-code, automation and real-time visibility.
Read moreFrom Access to Intent: Transforming Kubernetes Operations with Chef 360
Chef 360 transforms Kubernetes operations with policy-driven execution, eliminating direct access while enabling secure, auditable, intent-based automation.
Read moreZero Trust Automation with Progress Chef 360
The Progress Chef 360 platform addresses this problem by decoupling automation logic from the execution authority.
Read moreHow to Get Started with Progress Chef Agentless
Modern IT teams are tasked with automating infrastructure while maintaining strong security, governance and operational standards.
Read moreOrchestrating Kubernetes Cluster Deployment with Kubespray and Progress Chef 360
Discover how the Progress Chef solution can be used to orchestrate a complete Kubernetes cluster deployment using Kubespray, turning a traditionally complex Ansible-based installation into a single, automated and repeatable execution workflow.
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