Intro to Chef - Speaker Deck

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Intro to Chef Christopher M Luciano

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Me • Christopher M Luciano • Software Engineer, Developer Productivity Team @IBM • Twitter cmluciano_ • Email [email protected] • Github github.com/cmluciano

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Problem? • Lots of machines • Various software components • Multiple operating systems • No documentation/out-of-date documentation

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Installing/Conﬁguring Services

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Developer Workstations https://github.com/r8/vagrant-lamp

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This Seems Like a Job For… https://github.com/lavoiesl/mysql-bash-scripts/blob/master/create https://github.com/major/MySQLTuner-perl/blob/master/mysqltuner.pl

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The Chef Way Gotta be a better way, a better way, yaaaaa Wanna Be A Baller. Prod. Bruce Rhodes. Perf. Lil Troy. Short Stop Records, 1998. Youtube. Vevo, 16 June 2009. Web. 14 Feb. 2015.

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Chef • Framework for deﬁning your infrastructure as code • Assists in automating tasks like setting up machine services or deploying code

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Why Chef? • Written in a common language (Ruby) • Acts as a framework not a cookie-cutter • Can be conﬁgured for push or pull model (ya it scales) • Extensive Community (Your cookbook probably already exists)

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Architecture https://sendgrid.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ chef-basic-installation-500x514.png

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Cookbook • “A cookbook is the fundamental unit of conﬁguration and policy distribution.” • Deﬁnes a scenario and contains everything that is required to support that scenario

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Demo

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Where to Go From Here • https://learn.chef.io/index.html • Intro to Chef by Mischa Taylor, Seth Vargo • Customizing Chef Jon Cowie

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Thank you • Twitter @cmluciano_ • Email [email protected] • Github github.com/cmluciano