Why learn Chef?
Chef is a powerful automation platform that provides a way to define infrastructure as code, it can also be termed as programmable infrastructure. Whether you’re operating on the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid environment, Chef automates how infrastructure is deployed, configured and managed across your network. Chef uses a pure Ruby, a domain-specific language for writing system configurations. The types of automation produced through Chef, irrespective of size are:
- Infrastructure Configuration
- Application deployment·
- Configuration management across your network
Chef is a popular tool and a strong choice for experienced DevOps teams who would want to automate their deployment and development infrastructure. Training in Chef will enable businesses to accelerate software delivery, by automating IT infrastructure; increase service resiliency, infrastructure automation improves a system’s resiliency and risk management.
From building and testing through to monitoring, delivery, and troubleshooting, Chef provides a pipeline for continuous deployment that you can use to achieve greater value and make better decisions. This also explains why a survey by RightScale.com found that Chef is the most popular DevOps tool used by 32% of its respondents.
Benefits:
Chef is a tool that transforms infrastructure into a code and offers numerous benefits to both individuals and organizations.
Individual Benefits:
Chef course helps individuals:
- Chef has industry-wide support and works with about every platform you can think of.
- Chef substantially cuts down the amount of documentation that you need to write
- A DevOps Engineer with Chef Skills earns an average of $92,998 as per Payscale.com
Organizational Benefits:
Chef also has certain organizational benefits:
- Chef Analytics – The program will self-analyse and will alert you if something is wrong before the problem becomes noticeable to your clients.
- Chef Development Kit – allows you to write and manage Chef infrastructure from any machine/OS
- Chef’s Knife – Allows one to manage the interface between Chef repository and Chef Server
Companies like Bloomberg, Facebook and Intuit use chef to manage their infrastructure. This is mainly because Chef is able to cut through complexity and streamline your IT operations and workflow. Chef training courses are in high demand in the DevOps community given the ease with which it allows the adoption of cloud technology and management of diverse environments.
What you will learn
1. Chef Fundamentals
Learn Chef Configuration Management and how to deploy resources using Infrastructure as a code.
2. Chef Architecture
Better your understanding of Chef Architecture, and also the primary building blocks of Chef.
3. Chef Environment
Understand and learn about Chef Concepts - Chef Development Kit, Nodes, Chef-Client and Chef Server.
4. Installation of Chef
Learn the process of installation of Chef Development Kit on Linux and setting up a server.
5. Recipes and Cookbooks
Understand what are Recipes and Cookbooks and learn how to work with them and manage them.
6. Roles and Data Bags
Understand how data bags can be indexed for searching and how to define Role Based Access Control.
Who Should Attend
- Systems Operations Personnel who want to learn to manage infrastructure at scale
- Developers who set up consistent environments and software delivery using automation
- Anyone who would like to be a DevOps Professional
- Anyone who is interested in learning to write Infrastructure as a Code
- QA who would like to automate test environment setups
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Curriculum
Learning Objectives:
In this this module you will learn about how Chef can be used for Configuration Management and how to deploy resources using Infrastructure as a code.
Sub Topics:
- Evolution of Infrastructure
- Overview of Infrastructure as a Code
- What is Configuration Management
- Chef Overview
- Case Study
Hands-on workshop description: No Hands-On
Learning Objectives:
Understand about Chef Architecture & Building Blocks of Chef.
Sub Topics:
- Chef Architecture
- Chef Building Blocks
- Case study
Hands-on workshop description: No Hands-On
Learning Objectives:
Learn about basics of Recipes, Recipes Attributes and working with Recipes.
Sub-Topics:
- Overview of Recipes and Recipes Attributes
- Creating first Recipe
- Syntax Check and Applying Recipes
- Organizing Resources with Recipes
Hands-On:
Create a Workstation Setup Recipe
Learning Objectives:
Understand what is a Cookbook and how to Create and work with Cookbooks using knife utility.
Sub-Topics:
- Introduction to Cookbooks
- Anatomy of Cookbook
- Creating Cookbooks
- Run and Manage Cookbooks
- Case Study
Hands-On:
Creating and Managing Cookbooks using knife utility , Deploy Apache Webserver
Learning Objectives:
Learn about Chef Concepts - Chef Development Kit, Nodes, Chef-Client and Chef Server.
Sub Topics:
- Chef Development Kit
- Nodes
- Chef-Client
- Chef Server
- Case Study
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to install Chef on Linux Machine.
Sub-topics:
- Install Chef DK (Development Kit) on Chef Workstation
- Setup a Chef Server
- Create a Recipe or a Cookbook / download a Cookbook from Chef Supermarket in Workstation
- Upload a Cookbook on the Chef Server
- Connect a Node To The Chef Server
- Deploy the Cookbook from the Server to the Node
Hands-on:
Install Chef on Linux Machine
Learning Objectives:
Understand how Chef Server uses Organizations, Groups ,Users and Roles to define Role Based Access Control.
Sub-Topics:
- Organizations
- Users
- Groups
- Roles
- Case Study
Hands-On:
Working with Organizations, Groups, Users and Roles
Learning Objectives:
Understand how data bags can be indexed for searching.
Sub-Topics:
- What Are Data Bags
- Creating User and Group Data Bags
Hands-On:
Building A Recipe To Deploy Local User Account From Data Bags
Projects
Projects
Creating Chef Cookbooks for Automation of Infrastructure and Application deployment using Infrastructure as a Code .
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The growth and importance of having DevOps has made many organizations use configuration management tools such as Chef. Chef is most preferred since it is easily scalable and works for both small and large companies. This tool can improve the speed and efficiency from building and testing all the way through delivery, monitoring, and troubleshooting.It provides a pipeline for continuous deployment that you can use to achieve more and make better decisions.
Considering this, getting Chef skills are a must-have for those planning to pursue a career in DevOps. DevOps engineers with Chef knowledge can earn upwards of $112,523.
You will:
- Create a Workstation Setup Recipe
- Create and Manage Cookbooks using knife utility and Deploy Apache Webserver
- Install Chef on Linux Machine
- Work with Organizations, Groups ,Users and Roles
- Build A Recipe To Deploy Local User Account From Data Bags
By the end of this course, you would have gained knowledge on the basics of Chef and its architecture, use cases of Chef and how to leverage it to for easier Configuration Management using Automation.
Basics of DevOps, Networking and Linux Fundamentals is required for this training.
Yes, KnowledgeHut offers this training online.
On successful completion of the course you will receive a course completion certificate issued by KnowledgeHut.
Your instructors are Chef and DevOps Experts who have many years of industry experience.
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