Chef is a DevOps configuration management tool that is gaining popularity as a framework used for infrastructure automation. This open source tool easily integrates with cloud based platforms and configuring new machines is as easy as writing a few lines of code. It is also popular since it can manage huge amounts of nodes on a single server , is quite easy to handle and is suitable for small and large businesses.
Whether you’re operating on the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid environment, Chef automates the deployment, configuration, and management of infrastructure across your network. It uses pure Ruby, a domain-specific language for writing system configurations. The types of automation produced through Chef, irrespective of size are:
Did you know that HPE uses Chef? Yes, Chef is used by numerous companies across the globe and HPE is one among them. HPE and Chef help companies of all sizes to manage their IT infrastructure by seamlessly integrating Chef technology with HPE OneView. You’ll also be amazed to know that more than half of the Fortune 50 companies are Chef customers.
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 and increase service resiliency. Moreover, infrastructure automation improves a system’s resiliency and risk management.
From building and testing 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 offers numerous benefits to both individuals and organizations.
Chef helps an individual in the following ways:
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 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.
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Learn Chef Configuration Management and how to deploy resources using Infrastructure as a code.
Better your understanding of Chef Architecture, and also the primary building blocks of Chef.
Understand and learn about Chef Concepts - Chef Development Kit, Nodes, Chef-Client and Chef Server.
Learn the process of installing the Chef Development Kit on Linux and setting up a server.
Understand what are Recipes and Cookbooks along with how to work with them as well as manage them.
Understand how data bags can be indexed for searching and how to define Role Based Access Control.
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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.
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Hands-on workshop description: No Hands-On
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Understand about Chef Architecture & Building Blocks of Chef.
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Hands-on workshop description: No Hands-On
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Learn about basics of Recipes, Recipes Attributes and working with Recipes.
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Hands-On: Create a Workstation Setup Recipe
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Understand what is a Cookbook and how to Create and work with Cookbooks using knife utility.
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Hands-On: Creating and Managing Cookbooks using knife utility , Deploy Apache Webserver
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Learn about Chef Concepts - Chef Development Kit, Nodes, Chef-Client and Chef Server.
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Learn how to install Chef on Linux Machine.
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Hands-on: Install Chef on Linux Machine
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Understand how Chef Server uses Organizations, Groups ,Users and Roles to define Role Based Access Control.
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Hands-On: Working with Organizations, Groups, Users and Roles
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Understand how data bags can be indexed for searching.
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Hands-On: Building A Recipe To Deploy Local User Account From Data Bags
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:
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.
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