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Update docs to use new commercial licensing API endpoints
RitvikPatil777 Jun 8, 2026
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Simplify wording and improve clarity
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Refine license URL docs
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Remove EOL Chef Manage installation blocks from download instructions
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4 changes: 1 addition & 3 deletions docs-chef-io/content/server/ctl_chef_server.md
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Expand Up @@ -139,9 +139,7 @@ This subcommand has the following options:

`--path PATH`

: Use to specify the location of a package. This option is not
required when packages are downloaded from
<https://packages.chef.io/>.
: Use to specify the location of a local package file.

### Use Downloads

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Expand Up @@ -273,49 +273,11 @@ first downloaded to a local directory, and then installed.

**Use Downloads**

The `install` subcommand downloads packages from
<https://packages.chef.io/> by default. For systems that are not behind
a firewall (and have connectivity to <https://packages.chef.io/>), the
Chef management console package can be installed as described below:
For commercial downloads, use the following URL:

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It looks like the same issue here. Users would have to download packages from chefdownload-commercial, then use the --path option to install the package.


Chef Manage

: Use Chef management console to manage data bags, attributes,
run-lists, roles, environments, and cookbooks from a web user
interface.

On each front end server in the Chef Infra Server configuration,
run:

```bash
chef-server-ctl install chef-manage
```

then:

```bash
chef-server-ctl reconfigure
```

and then:

```bash
chef-manage-ctl reconfigure
```

To accept the [Chef MLSA]({{< relref "chef_license" >}}):

```bash
sudo chef-manage-ctl reconfigure --accept-license
```

This updates the Chef Infra Server and creates the
`/etc/opscode-manage/secrets.rb` file. When running the Chef
management console 1.11 (or higher), copy the `secrets.rb` file in
the `/etc/opscode-manage` directory on one of the frontend servers
to the same directory on each of the other frontend servers, and
then rerun `chef-manage-ctl reconfigure` so the copied
`/etc/opscode-manage/secrets.rb` file gets used correctly.
```bash
https://chefdownload-commercial.chef.io/install.sh?license_id=<LICENSE_ID>
```

**Use Local Packages**

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The `install` subcommand downloads packages from <https://packages.chef.io> by default.
For systems that are not behind a firewall (and have connectivity to <https://packages.chef.io>), these packages can be installed as described below.

1. Install add-ons

Install Chef Manage with:

```bash
sudo chef-server-ctl install chef-manage
```

1. Reconfigure the server

```bash
sudo chef-server-ctl reconfigure
```

1. Reconfigure add-ons

Reconfigure Chef Manage with:

```bash
sudo chef-manage-ctl reconfigure
```

Finally, accept the [Chef License](https://docs.chef.io/chef_license/):
For commercial downloads, use the following URL:

```bash
sudo chef-manage-ctl reconfigure --accept-license
https://chefdownload-commercial.chef.io/install.sh?license_id=<LICENSE_ID>
```
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