Chef Browser

An open source Ruby/Sinatra web application to browse data on a Chef server.

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1. Chef Browser
   Chef in your favorite browser
   

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2. Hello!
   Marta Paciorkowska
   Three of Coins
   https://github.com/3ofcoins/
   http://3ofcoins.net
   

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3. The works
   Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
   Chef Browser → end user
   

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4. Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
   Chef Browser → end user
   Nodes running in
   environments with different
   roles, filled with data bags full
   of items, running on recipes
   organized in cookbooks.
   A powerful software tool to configure and
   maintain your IT infrastructure.
   

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5. Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
   Chef Browser → end user
   (Opscode published its own
   chef-server-webui, but it's not
   the most user-friendly)
   Source: http://leopard.in.ua/
   

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6. Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
   Chef Browser → end user
   Nice and RESTful
   

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7. Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
   Chef Browser → end user
   A Ruby library with clean syntax that makes
   conversations with Chef nice.
   https://github.com/RiotGames/ridley
   

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8. Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
   Chef Browser → end user
   Knife queries Ridley queries
   knife search
   mysql_server_root_password:* -i
   chef_server.search(:node,
   "mysql_server_root_password:*")
   knife node show node_name chef_server.node.find("node_name")
   chef_server = Ridley.new(
   server_url: "http://127.0.0.1",
   client_name: "foo",
   client_key: "/users/foo/.chef/bar.pem"
   )
   

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9. Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
   Chef Browser → end user
   A simple web tool we created to give you better
   insight into your IT infrastructure.
   http://3ofcoins.github.com/chef-browser
   

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10. Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
    Chef Browser → end user
    Building blocks:
    Sinatra + Erubis
    - simple, no databases necessary
    Bootstrap v3.0.3
    - makes Chef Browser responsive and mobile friendly
    TinyConfig, https://github.com/3ofcoins/tinyconfig
    - configuring settings by the user is extremely simple
    

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11. Access lists of all available nodes, environments, and more.
    Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
    Chef Browser → end user
    

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12. View details of each resource
    Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
    Chef Browser → end user
    

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13. Find info on given resource filtering through its attributes.
    Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
    Chef Browser → end user
    

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14. Save yourself some typing with storing most useful queries.
    Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
    Chef Browser → end user
    

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15. Chef → Chef API → Ridley →
    Chef Browser → end user
    How to install:
    1. Download from http://3ofcoins.github.com/chef-browser
    2. Run bundle install
    3. Provide server details in a settings.rb file:
    server_url "http://127.0.0.1:4000"
    client_name "marta"
    client_key "home/marta/key.pem"
    4. Run puma -e production
    5. Go to http://localhost:9292
    

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16. Roadmap
    - browsing cookbooks
    - encrypting data bags
    - Docker container / VM image integrating chef-
    server & chef-browser
    ...but feel free to open issues and PRs!
    

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17. Thanks!
    Questions?
    Three of Coins
    https://github.com/3ofcoins/
    http://3ofcoins.net
    

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