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+- Machine registration
+	1. Create `client.rb` and `validation.pem`
+		- The former defines variables Chef needs to set up a new machine and the latter is the `chef-validator` private key
+	2. `apt update && apt install -y chef`
+	3. `chef-client`
+	4. `ls /etc/chef`
+- Configure the `knife` utility
+	-  `~/.chef/knife.rb`
+```Ruby
+node_name 'aws-node-78ec.eu-west-1.compute.internal'
+client_key '/etc/chef/client.pem'
+chef_server_url 'https://chef.mxrads.net/organizations/mxrads'
+knife[:editor] = '/usr/bin/vim'
+```
+
+- Explore Chef cookbooks
+	- List
+		- `knife cookbooks list`
+	- Display cookbook version history
+		- `knife cookbooks show <cookbook_name>`
+	- Display specific cookbook
+		- `knife cookbooks show <cookbook_name> <version>`