Chef for BeginnersIntroduction

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Bill MeyerSr. Solutions Architect

bill@chef.io

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Introduce YourselfNameCurrent job roleExperience with Chef and/or config managementFavorite Text Editor

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Expectations

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You will leave this workshop with a basicunderstanding of Chef's core components,architecture, commonly used tools, and basictroubleshooting methods.

Expectations

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You will leave this workshop with a basic

understanding of Chef's core components,

architecture, commonly used tools, and basic

troubleshooting methods.

You bring with you your own domain expertise and

problems. Chef is a framework for solving those

problems. Our job is to teach you how to express

solutions to your problems with Chef.

Expectations

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After completing this workshop, you should be able to:

Use Chef Resources to define the state of your systemWrite and use Chef recipes and cookbooksAutomate testing of cookbooks

Workshop Objectives

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AgendaGetting a WorkstationUsing ResourcesBuilding CookbooksTesting with Test Kitchen

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What can Chef do?

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Chef can...

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... automate how you build, deploy, and manage yourinfrastructure.

Chef can...

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... automate how you build, deploy, and manage yourinfrastructure.

... integrate with cloud-based platforms such as Azureand Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud to automaticallyprovision and configure new machines.

Chef can...

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So what is Chef ?

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Chef is...

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... a large set of tools that are able to be used onmultiple platforms and in numerous configurations.

Chef is...

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... a large set of tools that are able to be used onmultiple platforms and in numerous configurations.

... like learning a language. You will reach fluencyvery fast but it will take practice until you becomecomfortable.

Chef is...

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... a large set of tools that are able to be used onmultiple platforms and in numerous configurations.

... like learning a language. You will reach fluencyvery fast but it will take practice until you becomecomfortable.

A great way to learn Chef is to use Chef

Chef is...

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In this workshop you will use a pre-built virtualworkstation with all the necessary tools alreadyinstalled so you can start using Chef right away.

Chef - Lab System Architecture

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SSH Into the Remote Workstation

$ ssh <ipaddress> -l chef

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SSH Into the Remote Workstation

$ ssh <ipaddress> -l chef

or

$ ssh chef@<ipaddress>

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Getting a WorkstationThe chef user has been granted password-less sudoers access.

The following software is installed on the remote workstation:

Chef DKDockerkitchen-docker gem

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On to Module 2

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