Automating your Infrastructure with Chef

Interested in speeding up time to production when developing an application? Want to understand how to minimize risk associated with changes? Come learn about infrastructure automation with Chef. In this beginner level workshop, I will teach you the core set of skills needed to implement Chef in your environment whether for work or personal projects. I will cover the basic architecture of Chef and the associated tools that will help you improve your application workflow from design to production.

1. Automating your Infrastructure with Chef Beyond the Code - September 2014 Jennifer Davis, Chef Inc 1
2. Communicate. Collaborate. 2 Twitter: @sigje #beyondthecode
3. Introductions 3
4. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Introductions Name Current Job Role Previous Job Experience Experience with Infrastructure Automation Favorite Text Editor 4
5. 5 @beerops @bridgetkromhout
7. Objectives 7
8. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Objectives Describe Infrastructure Automation Describe Chef architecture, tools Read Chef Recipes 8
9. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Application of Learning Knowledge of your environment, business needs Chef - Framework to solve infrastructure automation 9
10. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Chef Fluency 10 20% 80% Training Practice Fundamentals Training - 16 hours
11. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Additional Resources 11 Fundamentals Training, Intermediate Training Learn Chef Google Forum
12. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Workshop Fundamentals Objectives at the beginning. Ask questions. Ask for help. Answer questions. Slides will be available after the class. 12
13. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Setting Expectations Experience Level: Beginner Flexible content based on class It’s OK to leave (and come back). Minimize disruptions. 13
14. Agenda 14
15. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Agenda Overview of Infrastructure Automation Intro to Resources, Recipes, Cookbooks Working with the Node Object Introduction to Community Cookbooks 15
16. Overview of Infrastructure Automation 16
17. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Objectives: Overview of Infrastructure Automation Describe Infrastructure Automation. Describe how Chef treats Infrastructure Automation. Define Node. 17
18. Describe Infrastructure Automation 18
19. What is Infrastructure Automation? 19
20. What is Infrastructure?? 20
21. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Applications 21 MongoDB Apache Java Drupal WordPress cakephp
22. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Complexity in Applications 22 Single service == multiple applications. Single application == a component of service.
23. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Configurations 23 Operating Systems. Software. Network. Storage.
24. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Complexity in Configurations 24 Multiple services using same software with different configurations. Different Operating Systems requiring same software (and user experience).
25. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Access Control 25 Users. Groups. Organizations.
26. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Complexity in Access Control 26 Different users access to different systems. External versus internal. Compliance.
27. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Data 27 Tweets. Profiles. Emails. Specific to your organization.
28. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Servers 28 physical hardware cloud services AWS Digital Ocean virtual VMWare OpenStack VirtualBox
29. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Complexity in Servers 29 Specialization in hardware. Lack of standardization.
30. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Network 30 routers switches firewalls
31. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Storage 31 tape libraries NAS/SAN attached storage
32. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com People 32
33. What is Automation? 33
34. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Automation 34 automaton acting of one’s own will Antikythera mechanism 150-100BC calculate positions of astronomical objects "NAMA Machine d'Anticythère 1". Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
35. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Automation 35 reduce labor, energy, and materials improve quality, precision, accuracy
36. What is Infrastructure Automation? 36
37. Infrastructure Automation is creating control systems that reduce the burden on people to manage services and increase the quality, accuracy and precision of a service to the consumers of the service. 37
38. Describe how Chef treats Infrastructure Automation. 38
39. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Infrastructure as Code 39 Programmatically provision and configure components.
40. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Infrastructure as Code 40 Treat infrastructure code like the rest of the code.
41. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Infrastructure as Code 41 Reconstruct business from code repository, data backups, and compute resources.
42. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Chef Tenets of Infrastructure as Code 42 1. Programmatically provision and configure components. 2. Treat infrastructure code like the rest of the code. 3. Reconstruct business from code repository, data backups, and compute resources.
43. Define a Node 43
44. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Nodes 44 any physical, virtual, or cloud machine that is configured to be maintained by a chef-client.
45. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Physical Node 45 server virtual machine any active device attached to a network that can run a chef-client.
46. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Network Node 46 any active network device attached to a network that can run a chef-client.
47. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Cloud Node 47 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud OpenStack Rackspace Google Compute Engine Linode Microsoft Azure
48. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Virtual Node 48 a machine that runs only as a software implementation, but otherwise behaves much like a physical machine.
49. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Containers 49 a single operating system to host many working configurations, with each working configuration running as a process that is isolated from all other processes, including even the host operating system
50. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com chef-client 50 agent - special software installed on the server
51. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com hostname vs node name 51 host name - network addressable label assigned to a server node name - unique identifier RECOMMENDATION: hostname == node name
52. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 1: Set up your cloud node http://opscode- cheflab.herokuapp.com/labs/ chefdk/centos/attend/ Fill in the form! 52
53. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 1: Set up your cloud node http://opscode- cheflab.herokuapp.com/labs/ chefdk/centos/attend/ Click on “Create user” 53
54. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 1: Set up your cloud node ! Wait until you see “Environment is Ready” Click on “Start Using This Environment” 54
55. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 1: Set up your cloud node 55 ! SUCCESS! Server has been created.
56. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 2: Identify your cloud node ! Click on “More details” 56
57. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 2: Identify your cloud node ! External Address Host Name 57
58. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 2: Identify your cloud node ! Click on “show password” 58
59. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 2: Identify your cloud node ! Click on “show password” Password will be in the clear. Note it down. 59
60. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 3: Connect to your cloud node ! 2 choices. ssh available? GUI (may be a little slower) 60
61. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 3: Connect to your cloud node with SSH ! Remember this is YOUR hostname Remember this is YOUR root password ssh $HOSTNAME -l root 61
62. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 3: Connect to your cloud node with SSH ! at command prompt type cd chef-repo 62
63. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 3: Connect to your cloud node with GUI ! Click on “View VM” 63
64. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 3: Connect to your cloud node with GUI ! Click anywhere in the white box. 64
65. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 4: Verify chef-dk install ! At command prompt type chef verify 65
66. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Chef Development Kit chef Berkshelf 3.0 Test Kitchen ChefSpec Foodcritic chef-client knife ohai Chef Zero 66
67. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com chef command-line tool 67
68. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Verify Installation $ chef verify verifies that all applications are installed as appropriate 68
69. Intro to Resources, Recipes, Cookbooks 69
70. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Objectives: Intro to Resources, Recipes, Cookbooks Define resources. Explain what a recipe is. Define cookbooks. 70
71. What is a Resource? 71
72. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Question: What is Infrastructure? 72
73. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Answer: What is Infrastructure? application configuration access control data servers people 73
74. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Infrastructure Elements the individual components or building blocks we have access to automate. 74
75. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Infrastructure Elements files directories symlinks mounts users groups software packages external services filesystems 75
76. A resource represents an element or component of the system. 76
77. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Resources Examples directory env execute file git 77
78. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 5: Use docs to find info about resources Open up a browser window to http://docs.getchef.com/ 78
79. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 5: Use docs to find info about resources Click on “Search the Docs” 79
80. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 5: Use docs to find info about resources Click on “Search the Docs” 80
81. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 5: Use docs to find info about resources enter the word resources into the search box 81
82. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 5: Use docs to find info about resources click on “Resources and Providers Reference - Chef Single-page Topics” 82
83. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 5: Use docs to find info about resources Scroll down the “Table of Contents” on the right hand side Find and click on “Resources” 83
84. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 5: Use docs to find info about resources Success! 84
85. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. GUI users: if the node isn’t available, click on “Reconnect” 85
86. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. create a file named hello.rb. SSH users vi hello.rb GUI vi hello.rb or gedit hello.rb & 86
87. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. create a file named hello.rb. GUI gedit users Opens a graphical window Click on the window to type in it. 87
88. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. create a file named hello.rb. add content. 88
89. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. create a file named hello.rb. add content. 89
90. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. create a file named hello.rb. add content. GUI gedit users Click on “File” 90
91. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. create a file named hello.rb. add content. GUI gedit users Click on “Save” 91
92. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. create a file named hello.rb. add content. SSH and GUI - vi users type “i” to go into insert mode enter text 92
93. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. create a file named hello.rb. add content. vi users Click “esc” key (Command mode) Enter “:x” and click return 93
94. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 6: Create a file resource. create a file named hello.rb. add content. save the file. 94
95. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 7: Apply the resource. At command prompt type: chef-apply hello.rb 95
96. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 8: Verify that the file was created. At command prompt type: cat motd 96
97. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 9: Update the resource. At command prompt type: chef-apply hello.rb 97
98. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 10: Modify the resource. Edit your resource to make your message personal! Edit the file. Modify ‘hello world’. 98
99. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 11: Update the resource. At command prompt type: chef-apply hello.rb 99
100. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 11: Update the resource. At command prompt type: chef-apply hello.rb 100
101. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 12: Verify the file changed. At command prompt type: cat motd 101
102. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 13: Modify the file by hand. Edit the motd file to have a new message. 102
103. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 14: Update the resource. 103 At command prompt type: chef-apply hello.rb
104. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 14: Update the resource. 104 At command prompt type: chef-apply hello.rb
105. We programmatically defined a file resource. 105
106. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 15: Delete a file resource. create a file named goodbye.rb. add content. file ‘motd’ do action :delete end save file. 106
107. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 15: Apply the resource. 107 At command prompt type: ?????
108. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 15: Apply the resource. 108 At command prompt type: chef-apply goodbye.rb
109. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 15: Apply the resource. 109 At command prompt type: chef-apply goodbye.rb
110. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 16: Verify the file was deleted. 110 At command prompt type: cat motd
111. A resource represents an element or component of the system. A resource describes what the element should be not how to achieve that state of being. 111
112. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review Created hello.rb and goodbye.rb Created file resource. Ran chef commands to create and update resource. 112
113. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review 113 File Resource File Resource We created a File resource.
114. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com There are a number of different resources that are defined in the documentation. package "apache2" Review 114 Package Resource
115. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com There are a number of different resources that are defined in the documentation. Review 115 Template Resource template "/etc/apache2/apache2.conf" do source "apache2.conf.erb" owner "root" group "root" mode "0644" variables(:allow_override => "All") notifies :reload, "service[apache2]" end
116. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com There are a number of different resources that are defined in the documentation. Review 116 service "apache2" do action [:enable,:start] supports :reload => true end Service Resource
117. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review 117 RECIPE RECIPE We created two recipes.
118. What is a Recipe? 118
119. A recipe is a file that describes resources and their desired state. 119
120. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review 120 RECIPE RECIPE We created a hello recipe and a goodbye recipe.
121. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com hello recipe should contain all the resources required to create motd. Review 121
122. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com goodbye recipe should contain all the resources required to clean up any resources we created for hello. Review 122
123. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 17: Create a webserver recipe. 123 ????
124. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 17: Create a webserver recipe. create a file named webserver.rb. add content. save file. 124
125. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 17: Create a webserver recipe. create a file named webserver.rb. add content. package resource install apache server save file. 125 package 'httpd'
126. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 18: Apply the resource. ????? 126
127. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 18: Apply the resource. 127 At command prompt type: chef-apply webserver.rb
128. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 18: Apply the resource. 128 At command prompt type: chef-apply webserver.rb
129. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 19: Re-run chef-apply. 129 At command prompt type: chef-apply webserver.rb
130. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 20: Modify recipe to start Apache. edit webserver.rb. add content. service resource starts and enables httpd service save file. 130 package ‘httpd’ ! service 'httpd' do action [:start, :enable] end
131. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 21: Apply the resource. ????? 131
132. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 21: Apply the resource. 132 At command prompt type: chef-apply webserver.rb
133. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review 133 We created a web server recipe to install, start, and enable Apache on boot.
134. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 22: Verify webserver running. Open a browser. 134 Click on the Firefox Icon to open the browser.
135. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 22: Verify webserver running. Open a browser. localhost in the URL field. 135 localhost
136. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 23: Modify recipe to add index.html. edit webserver.rb. add content. service file save file. 136 file '/var/www/html/index.html' do content '<html> <body> <h1>hello world</h1> </body> </html>' end
137. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 24: Apply the resource. ????? 137
138. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 24: Apply the resource. 138 At command prompt type: chef-apply webserver.rb
139. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 25: Reload webpage. Open a browser. Shift + Click on reload. 139 Shift +Click
140. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review 140 We created a personalized index.html. HTML code is embedded in the recipe, our infrastructure code.
141. How do we separate our web page code from infrastructure code? 141
142. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 26: Create a working directory. 142 At command prompt type: mkdir cookbooks cd cookbooks
143. What is a Cookbook? 143
144. A cookbook is a collection of recipes. 144
145. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 27: Create a webserver cookbook. 145 At command prompt type: chef generate cookbook webserver
146. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 28: Examine cookbook. 146 At command prompt type: tree
147. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 29: Create template file. 147 At command prompt type: chef generate template webserver index.html
148. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 28: Examine cookbook. 148 At command prompt type: tree
149. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 29: Edit index.html.erb file. 149 edit index.html.erb EDITOR webserver/templates/default/ index.html.erb add content. save file. <html> <body> <h1>hello world</h1> </body> </html>
150. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 30: Edit default recipe. 150 edit default.rb EDITOR webserver/recipes/default.rb add content. package, service, template resources save file. package 'httpd' ! service 'httpd' do action [:start, :enable] end ! template '/var/www/html/index.html' do source 'index.html.erb' end
151. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 30: Edit default recipe. 151 edit default.rb EDITOR webserver/recipes/default.rb add content. package, service, template resources save file. package 'httpd' ! service 'httpd' do action [:start, :enable] end ! template '/var/www/html/index.html' do source 'index.html.erb' end
152. What is a Cookbook? 152
153. A cookbook is a collection of recipes, templates, custom resources, files, .… 153
154. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 31: Use our cookbook. 154 At command prompt type: chef-client --local-mode --runlist webserver
155. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 32: Reload webpage. Open a browser. Shift + Click on reload. 155 Shift +Click
156. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review 156 separation of our web code and infrastructure code.
157. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review 157 chef-apply - single recipe chef-client - multiple recipes local-mode — not using chef server runlist — specify the ordered set of recipes to run.
158. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Standard Chef Workflow 158
159. Working with the Node Object 159
160. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Objectives: Working with the Node Object Explain what the node object is in Chef. Show details about a node. Describe node attributes. 160
161. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Node Object 161 A node is any physical, virtual, or cloud machine that is configured to be maintained by a chef-client. The node object is representation of that node within chef (e.g. in JSON). Available when you are writing recipes.
162. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 33: Set PATH variable. 162 At command prompt type: export PATH=$PATH:/opt/chef/embedded/bin:/opt/chefdk/embedded/bin
163. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 34: Run Ohai 163 At command prompt type: ohai To page through the output: ohai | less
164. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Node Attributes 164 Ohai populates automatically discovered attributes of the node.
165. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Node Attributes 165 Ability to programmatically add additional attributes in recipes and cookbooks node.default["apache"]["dir"] = "/etc/apache2" attribute name attribute value
166. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 35: Create the attribute file. At command prompt type: chef generate attribute webserver default 166
167. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 36: Examine cookbook. 167 At command prompt type: tree
168. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 37: Edit the attribute file. 168 edit default.rb EDITOR webserver/attributes/default.rb add content. save file. default["apache"]["indexfile"] = "index.html"
169. Intro to Community Cookbooks 169
170. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Objectives: Intro to Community Cookbooks Find, preview, download cookbooks from the community. Use knife to work with the Supermarket API. Download, extract, examine, and implement cookbooks from the Supermarket. 170
171. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Chef 171 Company Open Source Software Command Line tool Community
172. Welcome to the Chef Community! 172
173. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Supermarket tools and cookbooks created and shared by the community 173
174. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 38: Browse the Supermarket website. Open a browser. supermarket.getchef.com 174
175. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 38: Browse the Supermarket website. type “apache” in the search box. 175
176. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 38: Browse the Supermarket website. Many Cookbooks! 176
177. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 39: Inspect the apache cookbook. Click on “apache” 177
178. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 39: Inspect the apache cookbook. 178 Maintainer
179. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 39: Inspect the apache cookbook. 179 Source
180. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 39: Inspect the apache cookbook. 180 Recent Activity
181. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 40: Search Supermarket from command line 181 At command prompt type: knife cookbook site search chef-client
182. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 40: Search Supermarket from command line 182 At command prompt type: knife cookbook site show chef-client
183. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 40: Search Supermarket from command line 183 At command prompt type: knife cookbook site show chef-client
184. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 41: Download chef-client cookbook. 184 At command prompt type: knife cookbook site download chef-client
185. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review 185 Searched Supermarket site for a cookbook. Downloaded cookbook.
186. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review 186 Downloaded cookbook. Code. Root. Examine before using.
187. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 42: Extract chef-client cookbook. 187 At command prompt type: tar zxvf chef-client-3.8.0.tar.gz
188. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 42: Read the chef-client cookbook. 188 Examine the README.md cat chef-client/README.md
189. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 42: Read the chef-client cookbook. 189 Examine the README.md Expectations of the cookbook, platform, data Recipes Usage Notes
190. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Lesson 43: Use the chef-client cookbook. 190 At command prompt type: chef-client --local-mode --runlist webserver,chef-client This will fail because we haven’t set up an org in hosted chef.
191. Conclusion 191
192. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Review Overview of Infrastructure Automation Intro to Resources, Recipes, Cookbooks Working with the Node Object Introduction to Community Cookbooks 192
193. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Objectives Describe Infrastructure Automation Describe Chef architecture, tools Read Chef Recipes 193
194. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Resources: O’Reilly Books Learning Chef - Mischa Taylor and Seth Vargo Experience Level: Beginner to Chef Customizing Chef - Jon Cowie Experience Level: Intermediate to Chef Sekret code: (ONLY AVAILABLE TO ATTENDEES) 50% print discount, 40% ebook discount 194
195. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com Additional Resources 195 Fundamentals Training, Intermediate Training Learn Chef Fundamentals videos Google Forum Sign up for Virtual Office Hours
196. Twitter: @sigje Email: sigje@getchef.com THANK YOU Shirts Knife Reference Guides Give me your business card (or email me contact details) and I’ll send you DRAFT version of Learning Chef ebook (potential spelling mistakes..) 196
197. Communicate. Collaborate. 197 Twitter: @sigje #beyondthecode Email: sigje@getchef.com