Chef for DevOps: Practical Uses of Chef

Chef 14.4    |    Everyone
  • 14 videos | 1h 35m 22s
  • Includes Assessment
  • Earns a Badge
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One of the things to consider when using Chef is what kind of installation you need. Chef architecture planning is important as details need to be thought of and planned for early. Through this course, learn about Chef deployment planning and how to install and work with various Chef components. Discover various Chef installation strategies for on-premises and cloud environments and how to create recipes and cookbooks. Next, learn how to install and configure Chef Infra Server, a hosted Chef server, Chef Automate, Chef Workstation, and a Chef node. Finally, work with recipes and cookbooks, use various tools to manage Chef, troubleshoot common Chef issues, and explore Chef best practices. Upon completion, you'll be able to outline practical uses for Chef.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Discover the key concepts covered in this course
    Outline how to plan a deployment strategy for chef infrastructure
    Identify details about chef recipes and how they are organized using cookbooks
    Deploy chef infra server on the linux platform
    Configure a cloud-hosted chef server
    Obtain the credentials needed to connect to and use the chef automate web management gui
    Deploy a linux-based chef workstation
  • Add chef nodes to chef infra server to allow for centralized node management
    Build windows recipes and cookbooks on a chef workstation and upload them to a chef server
    Create linux recipes and cookbooks on a chef workstation and upload them to a chef server
    Audit node configuration using chef inspec
    Troubleshoot issue types that may occur while using the chef platform
    Outline chef best practices
    Summarize the key concepts covered in this course

IN THIS COURSE

  • 51s
  • 7m 44s
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    3.  Chef Recipes and Cookbooks
    10m 50s
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    4.  Installing Chef Infra Server
    6m 17s
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    5.  Provisioning a Cloud-hosted Chef Server
    8m 3s
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    6.  Using the Chef Automate Web Tool
    4m 40s
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    7.  Deploying Chef Workstation
    9m 11s
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    8.  Configuring Chef Nodes
    7m 58s
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    9.  Managing Windows Recipes and Cookbooks
    8m 17s
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    10.  Creating Linux Recipes and Cookbooks
    10m 24s
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    11.  Verifying Node Configuration Compliance with InSpec
    7m 47s
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    12.  Troubleshoot Chef Platform Issues
    7m 5s
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    13.  Chef Best Practices
    5m 14s
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    14.  Course Summary
    1m 1s

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