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Course Chef Configuration Management

In the course Chef Configuration Management participants learn the open source Chef configuration management technology that is used to manage an infrastructure with physical or virtual servers. Chef uses Ruby to create recipes and cookbooks that automate manual and repetitive infrastructure management tasks. In DevOps Chef is used to deploy and manage servers and applications both locally and in the cloud.

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  • Course Chef Configuration Management : Content

    Chef Architecture

    The course starts with a discussion of the components and topology of Chef and the basics of how Chef can be integrated with Cloud platforms. The Ruby Domain Specific Language (DSL) is also discussed here.

    Nodes and Roles

    Subsequently, the different types of nodes that Chef knows are discussed, such as Physical Nodes, Cloud Nodes, Virtual Nodes and Network Nodes. The roles of Chef Workstation, Chef Server and Chef Client are also explained and the Ohai tool is treated.

    Building Blocks

    Part of the program of the course are also the building blocks of Chef such as Recipes, Cookbooks, Packages, Services, Files and Templates. And Users and Groups and the use of Resources with their Attributes are discussed.

    Chef Cookbooks

    Then the Chef Cookbooks are treated in more details. Attention is paid to the development of Recipes, the use of various attribute files, the use of libraries and the role of template variables.

    Extensions

    A number of advanced applications of Chef are also discussed, such as the use of Custom Extensions, securing Data Bags, encryption of data and the storage of keys on nodes.

    Cloud Integration

    Finally the course ends by explaining how Chef can be used in combination with Cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.

  • Course Chef Configuration Management : Training

    Audience Course Chef Configuration Management

    The course Chef Configuration Management is intended for system administrators and devops engineers who want to automate system administration and application deployment with Chef.

    Prerequisites Course Chef Configuration Management

    General experience with system management in an IT infrastructure and knowledge of the basic principles of the Ruby script language is beneficial for the understanding.

    Realization Training Chef Configuration Management

    The subject matter is discussed on the basis of presentation slides and demos. The theory is interchanged with exercises. The course material is in English. Course times are from 9.30 to 16.30.

    Certification Chef Configuration Management

    After successful completion of the course the participants receive an official certificate Chef Configuration Management.

    Course Chef Configuration Management
  • Course Chef Configuration Management : Modules

    Module 1 : Chef Intro

    Module 2 : Chef Nodes

    Module 3 : Building Blocks

    What is Chef?
    Managing Infrastructure
    Deployment Automation
    Chef Components
    Chef Topology
    Cloud Integration
    Chef and AWS
    Chef and AZure
    Installing Chef
    Ruby DSL Language
    Ruby Gems
    Physical Nodes
    Cloud Nodes
    Virtual Nodes
    Network Nodes
    Chef Workstation
    Chef Server
    Chef Client
    Ohai Tool
    Command Line Use
    ChefDK
    KitchenCI
    Recipes
    Cookbooks
    Packages and Services
    Users and Groups
    Default Structure
    Resources
    Attributes
    Files
    Templates
    Metadata.rb
    Data Bags

    Module 4 : Using Cookbooks

    Module 5 : Advanced Chef

    Module 6 : Chef and the Cloud

    Multiple Attribute Files
    Developing Recipes
    Libraries
    Using Metadata
    Computed Configurations
    Template Resource
    Template Variables
    chef Command
    Using knife
    Testing Recipes
    Actions and Reports
    Custom Extensions
    Cross Platform Cookbooks
    Building Resources
    Modifying Resources
    Securing Data Bags
    Encrypting Data
    Querying Data
    Storing Keys on Nodes
    Managing Users
    Distributing SSH Keys
    Adding Deployment Keys
    AWS EC2 Bootstrapping
    Provisioning EC2 Instances
    knife-EC2 Plugin
    Configuration Options
    Configuring Database Host
    Configuring Web Server
    Chef Azure VM Extensions
    Azure Key Vault ARM
    Azure-cli and Powershell
    Azure Resource Manager
    Continuous Provisioning
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