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Configuration Management Using Chef

5 courses
14 hours
Skill IQ

This path takes you through the fundamental knowledge you need to use Chef as your configuration management technology. With so many options on the market for your DevOps needs, Chef brings its own formula for making your life easier. You’ll cover Chef fluency before learning about cookbooks and how to deploy them. You’ll be presented with content covering Chef on Linux as well as on Windows. By the end of the path, you’ll have some fantastic experience working with Chef.

Courses in this path

Configuration Management Using Chef

Getting Started with Chef Fluency

by James Bannan
2h 56m
(21)

Developing Local Chef Cookbooks on Linux

by James Bannan
3h 20m

Developing Local Chef Cookbooks on Windows

by James Bannan
3h 16m

Deploying Chef Cookbooks

by Jake Watkins
2h 12m

Compliance Auditing with Chef InSpec on Windows and Linux

by Robert Mortimer
1h 52m

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What you will learn

Understand Basic Chef Terminology and Perform basic Chef Functions
Integrate Chef Design Philosophy into your workflows
Use Chef Workflow Basics
Use Basic Chef Code
Perform a Chef Client Run
Create and Work with Environments
Create and Work with Roles
Upload Cookbooks to Chef Server
Use the 'knife' Command
Bootstrap a Chef Node
Work with Policy Files
Work with Search
Work with Chef Solo
Extending Chef
Install and run InSpec
Use and Understand InSpec Profiles
Understand InSpec Controls and Metadata
Troubleshooting InSpec
Author a Chef Cookbook by using Setup Theory
Implement Chef Development Kit Tooling
Configure and work with the Test Kitchen
Design and implement the Components of a Chef Cookbook
Work with Cookbook Testing Frameworks
Troubleshoot Local Cookbooks
Work with Search and Databags

Experience

You should be familiar with DevOps principles and IT administration experience.

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James Bannan

James Bannan is a consultant based in Melbourne, Australia. He has worked in the IT industry for over 18 years and has worked in a variety of roles, from helpdesk to systems administration and now as a consultant. He is a published author, having written many articles for both print and online publications as well as a book on System Center Configuration Manager. James is an experienced public speaker and was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award from Microsoft for eight years in a ... more

Jake Watkins

Jake Watkins is a software developer and consultant with 23 years of industry experience. He focuses on the Microsoft platform, DevOps, Cloud and container technologies. He has authored several articles for magazines and presents to .net user groups.

Robert Mortimer

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Configuration Management Using Chef