[chef] Question about chef server as a node

[Greg Lappen < >]

Hello,  

I am just learning the ropes with chef - I have setup a chef server and some 
nodes under VirtualBox to get familiar a bit, and one question I have is 
whether it's common to have  your chef server also be a node.  Let's say I 
also want to install munin for monitoring my nodes, and I want munin server 
to run on the same machine as chef server, and I want to use the munin 
opscode recipe to do so….can I make my chef server a node and install it that 
way, or is it preferable to have a dedicated machine just for chef and not 
try to put other monitoring or utility processes on that machine?

Thanks for listening!

Greg