Chef for DevOps: Managing Infrastructure Using Chef

Explore the implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Chef for DevOps including core principles benefits and components of Chef that are involved in implementing IaC in this 11-video course. Examine features components and tools of Workstation and components of Cookbook and the various types of nodes that can be managed by using Chef. Key concepts covered in this course include characteristics and importance of implementing IaC using Chef and DevOps; the essential features of Chef Workstation the location where users interact with Chef; and the features of Cookbook the fundamental unit that provides capability of specifying configuration and policy for distribution. Next learn how to set up Git to create a Chef repository; how to install Chef to a server set up a Workstation and work with the hosted Chef and the tools of Chef Workstation; and steps involved in working with hosted Chef. Finally study components of Chef used to implement IaC and the types of nodes in Chef that need to be installed depending on the existing node architecture.