Automation of server administration with Chef

Chef's history and interest

The Chef server and client

1. Installing and configuring Chef Server
   

2. Configuration of nodes
   

3. Client execution of Chef
   

Nodes, resources and recipes

1. Presentation of the node object
   

2. Resources and recipes
   

3. Attributes, templates and dependencies between recipes
   

4. Variables and notifications
   

5. Use of community revenue
   

6. Inclusion of recipes
   

Security and data bags

Roles and environments

1. Configuration of a node based on its role
   

2. Configuration of a node based on its environment
   

Test your recipes

1. Unit test your recipes with ChefSpec
   

2. Kitchen / serverspec test with Vagrant and Docker