# sous-chefs/docker

Development repository for the docker cookbook

Repository: https://github.com/sous-chefs/docker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sous-chefs-docker
Homepage: https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/docker
Language: Ruby
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: chef, hacktoberfest, chef-cookbook, chef-resource, docker, managed-by-terraform
Last push: 2026-08-13T10:28:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4863, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": 20, "gap_med": 10.5, "n_releases_24m": 21}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1397, forks 783 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.698725+00:00)

## What it is
A Chef cookbook providing resources for installing the Docker engine and managing Docker images and containers as Chef resources. It is maintained by the Sous Chefs community and published on Chef Supermarket.

## Use cases
- install docker engine with chef
- manage docker containers as chef resources
- pull docker images in chef recipes
- configure docker service on ubuntu or centos
- automate docker setup across a fleet of servers
- set up upstream docker package repositories via chef

## When to choose
- you already use Chef Infra for configuration management
- you need declarative, idempotent management of docker images and containers
- you want community-maintained cookbook with broad Linux distro support

## When to avoid
- you use Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform instead of Chef
- you need docker ecosystem tooling beyond the engine itself (e.g. cgroups, aufs)
- you want a standalone CLI or GUI for docker management

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: configuration-management, container-runtime, deployment, infrastructure-as-code
- domain: infrastructure-as-code
- platform: ruby
- tags: chef-cookbook, docker, sous-chefs, infrastructure-automation, devops, containers, automation, linux

## Member repositories
- sous-chefs/docker (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.698725+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:17.581745+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sous-chefs/docker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.698725+00:00, sha 7adca4e49947)
  - homepage: https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/docker (fetched 2026-08-29T11:53:55.194157+00:00, sha 28328a3f8310)
  - site_page: https://docs.chef.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:53:55.204380+00:00, sha c045f99ebfe1)
  - site_page: https://supermarket.chef.io/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:53:55.206069+00:00, sha ea36dc78b8b0)
  - site_page: https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/kubernetes-install (fetched 2026-08-29T11:53:55.207528+00:00, sha ce2ad5e61f8f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.