Chef has some important components, such as cookbook and recipes. A cookbook defines a scenario and contains everything; the first of them is recipes which is a fundamental configuration element within an organisation and it is written in Ruby language. It is mostly collection of resource-defined using patterns. Cookbooks also contain attribute values, file distribution, and templates. Chef allows the Docker container to be managed in a versionable, testable, and repeatable way. It provides you with the power to build an efficient workflow for container-based development and to manage the release pipeline. Chef delivery allows you to automate and use the scalable workflow to test, develop, and release the Docker container.

The Docker cookbook is available on GitHub (https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/docker) and provides custom resources to be used in the recipes. It provides various options, such as the following: