You can define a Chef Infra dynamic secret to allow users to dynamically generate access credentials for a Chef Infra server.

Prerequisites

To create a Chef Infra dynamic secret, ensure that:

1. You have administrator access to the Akeyless Gateway.
2. You have administrator access to your Chef Infra server.

Create a Chef Infra Dynamic Secret from the Akeyless Gateway

1. Log in to the Akeyless Gateway and go to Dynamic Secrets > New > Chef Infra Producer.

2. Define the following:

   • Name: A unique name that describes the purpose or permission scope of the secret.
   • Location: The path to the virtual folder in which to create the secret.
   • Encrypt Dynamic Producer with the following Key: Select the encryption key with which to encrypt the dynamic secret (if your system includes multiple encryption keys). Otherwise, select Default.
   • Server username: The username for connecting to the Chef Infra server to generate credentials.
   • Server key: The access key for connecting to the Chef Infra server to generate credentials.
   • Server URL: The URL of the Chef Infra server.
   • Skip SSL: Select this checkbox to disable SSL connections.
   • Organizations: The Chef Infra server organization to which users generated by the dynamic secret should be added.
   • User TTL: The length of time for which the credentials generated by the dynamic secret are valid, by default 60 (minutes).
   • Time unit: The time unit for the TTL, by default, minutes

3. Select Save.