Chef on Windows engineering focus for 2019 • DEMO: Chef Workstation on Azure • DEMO: InSpec on Azure • Wrap up demos • AMA - ask me anything (time permitting!)
with Chef • Replaces Chef Development Kit (ChefDK) • Ad-hoc, remote task execution mode • Auto-updating • Stable vs Current channel switch • Free/Open Source - https://github.com/chef/chef-workstation
Container Instances • Access via Azure Portal or via dedicated site https://shell.azure.com • Pre-loaded with tools required to administer and deploy within the Azure environment
in Azure Cloud Shell • Running ad-hoc tasks using the chef-run command • Cookbook generation inside Azure Cloud Shell using chef generate repo • Code Editor (Monaco) running in Azure Cloud Shell • Testing resources inside the VM with InSpec • Testing Azure resources with InSpec