Chef is a systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure. With Chef, you can: * Manage your servers by writing code, not by running commands. * Integrate tightly with your applications, databases, LDAP directories, and more. * Easily configure applications that require knowledge about your entire infrastructure ("What systems are running my application?" "What is the current master database server?") WWW: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef