Requirement: intel 64 bit installation of Ubuntu 14.04 with 4GB RAM Installation Steps: wget https://web-dl.packagecloud.io/chef/stable/packages/ubuntu/trusty/chef-server-core_12.0.8-1_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i chef-server-core_*.deb sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure Configuration Steps: 1. sudo chef-server-ctl user-create username firstname