Community Cookbooks & Server Patterns
Chef 13.6.4
| Intermediate
- 13 videos | 1h 11m 23s
- Includes Assessment
- Earns a Badge
The best practices of using a Chef Server are directly related to the reusability of cookbook recipes and components. Explore the effective use of community cookbooks with a Chef server.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Describe the reusability of chef cookbooks and best practices around utilizing community code
Search for cookbooks on supermarket.chef.io
Distinguish the differences between library and application cookbooks
Distinguish why community cookbooks should be called as dependencies instead of forking upstream code bases
Configure and install dependencies in the metadata file with berkshelf
Manage chef server cookbook versions with berkshelf
Configure the berksfile to point at a local dependency instead of a chef supermarket dependency -
Use node attribute precedence when overwriting cookbook attribute values
Assign node attributes at the role or environment level
Identify the limitations of using roles and explain the purpose of a role cookbook
Configure the chef-client as a service with a community cookbook
Configure the logging location on a node directly or as a node attribute with the chef-client cookbook
Configure a wrapper for the haproxy community cookbook to redirect traffic to a simple web server
IN THIS COURSE
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5m 32sAfter completing this video, you will be able to describe the reusability of Chef cookbooks and best practices around utilizing community code. FREE ACCESS
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5m 35sIn this video, find out how to search for cookbooks on supermarket.chef.io. FREE ACCESS
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3. Library Cookbooks vs. Application Cookbooks5m 21sIn this video, find out how to distinguish the differences between library and application cookbooks. FREE ACCESS
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4. Reusing Community Cookbooks5m 27sIn this video, find out how to distinguish why community cookbooks should be called dependencies instead of forking upstream code bases. FREE ACCESS
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5. Installing Cookbook Dependencies5m 23sIn this video, learn how to configure and install dependencies in the metadata file using berkshelf. FREE ACCESS
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6. Uploading Cookbooks with Berkshelf4m 34sIn this video, find out how to manage Chef server cookbook versions with Berkshelf. FREE ACCESS
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7. Local Dependency Resolution4m 50sIn this video, learn how to configure the Berksfile to point at a local dependency instead of a dependency from the Chef Supermarket. FREE ACCESS
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8. Overwriting Cookbook Attributes5m 44sIn this video, you will learn how to use node attribute precedence to overwrite cookbook attribute values. FREE ACCESS
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9. Role and Environment Attributes5m 13sIn this video, you will assign node attributes at the role or environment level. FREE ACCESS
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10. Role Cookbooks5m 36sIn this video, you will identify the limitations of using roles and explain the purpose of a role cookbook. FREE ACCESS
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11. Scheduling a Chef-client Run5m 50sIn this video, you will learn how to configure the chef-client as a service with a community cookbook. FREE ACCESS
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12. Logging Chef-client Runs5m 43sIn this video, you will learn how to configure the logging location on a node directly or as a node attribute with the chef-client cookbook. FREE ACCESS
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13. Exercise: Use the haproxy Community Cookbook6m 35sIn this video, you will configure a wrapper for the haproxy community cookbook to redirect traffic to a simple web server. FREE ACCESS
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