Configuration management with Chef-Solo : a comprehensive guide to get you up and running with Chef-Solo / Naveed ur Rahman ; cover image by Béchir Charfi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ur Rahman, Naveed, author.

Contributor:

Charfi, Béchir, cover designer.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Community Experience Distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chef (Computer program).

Configuration management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, [England] : Packt Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Rahman Naveed ur: Naveed ur Rahman is a self-taught programmer and an avid traveler. When he is not experimenting with the latest in programming and deployment, he is out camping and watching cricket. His adventures in programming began at a very young age when he got introduced to GW-BASIC. Now, he has experience working for one of the biggest tech names in the Middle East. Having worked at the largest technology company in the Middle East, Naveed has helped teams create and deploy applications written in various languages using configuration management tools.

Summary:

This is a step-by-step guide, full of hands-on examples of real-world deployment tasks. Each topic is explained and placed in context, while also pointing out the key details of the concepts used. This book is aimed at system administrators and system engineers who have an understanding of configuration management tools and infrastructure. For novice administrators, it contains easy-to-use application recipes to get started immediately.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to Chef and Chef-Solo; Getting started with Chef; Understanding Chef-Solo; Terminologies; List of terminologies; Node; Workstation; Cookbooks; Recipes; Resources; Roles; Attributes; Templates; Data bags; Different use cases; PHP WordPress; Python/Django application; An overview of Chef; Summary; Chapter 2: Setting Up an Environment for Chef-Solo; Installation on Linux and Ubuntu; Installing Chef as a Ruby gem; Installing Chef as a package manager

Using the Omnibus installerPrerequisites of Chef-Solo; Cookbooks; The folder structure; Attributes; Files; Recipes; Templates; Downloading recipes; Chef-Solo configuration; Execution of recipes; Summary; Chapter 3: Setting Up a Development Environment; Introducing virtual machine; System virtual machines; Process virtual machines; Executing recipes with Vagrant; Provision; Creating a Hello World recipe; Summary; Chapter 4: Developing Cookbooks; Exploring Knife; Developing recipes and cookbooks; Berkshelf; The installation of Berkshelf; The creation of a Berksfile; Understanding recipes

ResourcesAttributes; Metadata; Summary; Chapter 5: More about Cookbooks and Recipes; Using files; Exploring templates; Data bags; Roles; Restarting services and server handling; Summary; Chapter 6: Chef-Solo and Docker; Docker; Installing Docker; The working of Docker; Dockerfiles; Recommended ways to use Chef-Solo; Chef server; Web UI; Erchef; Message queues; Summary; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 10, 2014).

ISBN:

9781783982479

1783982470

OCLC:

882610595