Mastering Chef

Key Features

Book Description

What you will learn

• Get familiar with the Chef ecosystem and its associated components
• Use Ruby and Chef together to write effective infrastructure code
• Explore various aspects of the Chef API, such as using search in a recipe and with the help of the Knife plugin
• Write recipes and custom Lightweight Resource/Provider
• Discover the usage of data bags and templates to customize servers
• Extend the functionalities of Chef using custom Ohai and Knife plugins

Who this book is for

If you have used Chef before and are interested in automation of infrastructure and want to develop your own tools to manage large-scale infrastructures, then this book is for you.