# Install By Chef

This article explains how to install Fluentd using Chef.

## Step0: Before Installation

Please follow the [Preinstallation Guide](/0.12/articles/before-install.md) to configure your OS properly. This will prevent many unnecessary problems.

## Step1: Import Recipe

The chef recipe to install td-agent can be found [here](https://github.com/treasure-data/chef-td-agent). Please import the recipe, add it to run\_list, and upload it to the Chef Server.

## Step2: Run chef-client

Please run chef-client to install td-agent across your machines.

## Next Steps

You're now ready to collect your real logs using Fluentd. Please see the following tutorials to learn how to collect your data from various data sources.

* Basic Configuration
  * [Config File](/0.12/configuration/config-file.md)
* Application Logs
  * [Ruby](/0.12/articles/ruby.md), [Java](/0.12/articles/java.md), [Python](/0.12/articles/python.md), [PHP](/0.12/articles/php.md),

    [Perl](/0.12/articles/perl.md), [Node.js](/0.12/articles/nodejs.md), [Scala](/0.12/articles/scala.md)
* Examples
  * [Store Apache Log into Amazon S3](/0.12/articles/apache-to-s3.md)
  * [Store Apache Log into MongoDB](/0.12/articles/apache-to-mongodb.md)
  * [Data Collection into HDFS](/0.12/articles/http-to-hdfs.md)

If this article is incorrect or outdated, or omits critical information, please [let us know](https://github.com/fluent/fluentd-docs-gitbook/issues?state=open). [Fluentd](http://www.fluentd.org/) is a open source project under [Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)](https://cncf.io/). All components are available under the Apache 2 License.


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