This directory contains bootstrap templates which can be used with the -d flag to ‘knife bootstrap’ to install Chef in different ways. To simplify installation, and reduce the matrix of common installation patterns to support, we have standardized on the Omnibus built installation packages.

The ‘chef-full’ template downloads a script which is used to determine the correct Omnibus package for this system from the Omnitruck API. All other templates in this directory are deprecated and will be removed in the future.

You can still utilize custom bootstrap templates on your system if your installation needs are unique. Additional information can be found on the docs site.