Chef for the Absolute Beginners - DevOps

Learn to automate without scripting using Chef

Ratings: 4.24 / 5.00




Description

What's in this course?

This course introduces a beginner in DevOps to basic fundamentals of Chef. The course introduces basic use cases of Chef followed by an introduction to Chef Resources, Recipes, Cookbooks, RunLists, Roles, and Ohai. Find demos that show how to set up a Chef environment on the AWS Cloud platform.


What is so special about THIS course?

Lectures backed by animated slides make it simple and easy to understand.


Analogy based Explanation

Complex concepts are made simple with explanations based on Analogies and Animation. This will ensure the concepts stick to your mind. Check out the first few lectures!


Course Structure:

- Lectures

- Demos


Course Contents:

  • Introduction to Automation

    • Understand automation concepts such as Declarative and Imperative Programming Patterns, Idempotency, Convergence,

  • Introduction to Chef

  • Setting up Chef

    • Set up Chef Workstation and Clients on AWS

  • Hosted Chef Server Setup

  • Chef Architecture

  • Chef Concepts

    • Resources

    • Recipes

    • Cookbooks

    • RunLists

    • Roles

    • Ohai

    • Environments


What is Chef?

Chef Software is a Configuration management and automation tool used to make your applications and systems easier to deploy. Avoid writing scripts or custom code to deploy and update your applications— automate in a language that approaches plain English.


Legal Notice:

Chef® is a registered trademark of Chef Software Inc. in the United States and other countries. This course is not certified, accredited, affiliated with, nor endorsed by Chef Software Inc.

What You Will Learn!

  • Automate daily repetitive tasks in your environment with Chef
  • Get comfortable with Chef language
  • Setup Chef on Cloud environments like AWS
  • Use Chef Console to manage Automation

Who Should Attend!

  • Absolute beginners in automation
  • Those who wish to automate without coding
  • Zero Scripting Knowledge