Chef Software Learning Path: Master Chef Automation

Master Chef automation from fundamentals to advanced projects, and streamline your DevOps journey with hands-on projects

What you'll learn

Understand the core concepts of Chef, including workstations, nodes, and servers.

Install and configure Chef for both on-premises and cloud environments.

Develop and deploy cookbooks and recipes to automate infrastructure tasks.

Manage AWS cloud resources using Chef for scalable infrastructure.

Configure multi-node environments and automate server connections.

Automate virtual machine setups and manage cloud repositories.

Implement advanced Chef functionalities, such as custom attributes and dynamic MOTD automation.

Requirements

Basic understanding of system administration and IT infrastructure.

Familiarity with command-line interfaces and basic scripting (Bash, Ruby).

Prior experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) is helpful but not required.

A laptop/PC with internet connectivity to install Chef and related tools.

Description

Introduction:In today's rapidly evolving IT landscape, automation is key to efficient infrastructure management. Chef, a powerful configuration management tool, empowers DevOps engineers and IT professionals to automate infrastructure, simplify deployment processes, and ensure consistent configurations across servers. This course, "Chef Mastery: Automate Your Infrastructure with Real-World Projects," is designed to take you from the basics of Chef to advanced automation techniques through hands-on projects. By the end of this course, you will have the skills to set up, deploy, and manage complex infrastructures using Chef.Section 1: Chef Fundamentals and EssentialsIn this section, we start with the basics of Chef, setting the foundation for your automation journey. You'll learn what Chef is and its core components, like the Chef server, workstations, and nodes. We'll guide you through installing Chef on your workstation, setting up the Chef server, and understanding the structure of a Chef environment. Key concepts like cookbooks, recipes, and resources are covered in detail, alongside an introduction to Rogi, a programming language used in Chef scripting. By the end of this section, you'll be proficient in using Chef's development environment and executing automation scripts.Section 2: Building Projects with Chef - Online Platform AutomationNow that you have a solid understanding of Chef basics, we dive into a real-world project: automating the setup of an online college registration platform. This section focuses on using Chef to manage AWS nodes, set up cloud connections, and automate database and web server configurations. You'll use ChefDK, Visual Studio Code, and Ruby coding principles to deploy and manage cloud-based resources. By the end of this project, you'll have hands-on experience in creating scalable cloud-based infrastructure using Chef.Section 3: Advanced Chef Project - Multi-Node and Server AutomationBuilding on the skills learned, this section explores the complexities of managing connections and configurations in multi-node environments. You'll learn to configure workstations and cloud servers, set up multiple nodes, and deploy Chef recipes across different servers. We'll cover bootstrapping, editing recipes, and automating Python installations using Chef. This section is ideal for those looking to scale their automation skills to enterprise-level infrastructures.Section 4: Virtual Machine Automation and ConfigurationThe final section of this course focuses on automating the setup and management of virtual machines. We'll walk you through creating a project roadmap, setting up virtual machines on AWS, and establishing secure SSH connections between nodes. You’ll explore Chef-client configurations, centralized server setups, and cloud-centric repositories. Special attention is given to deploying recipes on web servers like Nginx, using dynamic attributes, and integrating automation scripts to manage virtual machine configurations seamlessly. This section concludes with an advanced project on automating MOTD (Message of the Day) and user-defined attributes for robust server management.Conclusion:By the end of this comprehensive Chef Mastery course, you will have gained the knowledge and confidence to automate and manage IT infrastructure like a professional. Whether you're setting up a single server or managing a fleet of nodes in a cloud environment, you'll be equipped with practical skills to streamline your DevOps processes and boost your career in IT automation.

Overview

Section 1: Chef Fundamentals and Essentials

Lecture 1 Introduction to Chef

Lecture 2 Components of Workstation

Lecture 3 Types of Nodes

Lecture 4 Structure of Chef

Lecture 5 Installation of Chef Server

Lecture 6 Coding for Chef Server

Lecture 7 Creating New User

Lecture 8 Installation of Workstation

Lecture 9 Setup of Chef Development

Lecture 10 Coding for Workstation

Lecture 11 Setting Client Nodes

Lecture 12 Cookbooks in Chef

Lecture 13 Executing the Codes

Lecture 14 Basics of Rogi Programming Language

Lecture 15 Famous Keywords in Rogi

Lecture 16 Learning the Classes and Objects

Lecture 17 Implementing the Conditional Statement

Lecture 18 Implementing the Case Statements

Lecture 19 How to Create a Cookbook

Lecture 20 Executing the Sudo Chef Client

Lecture 21 More Types of Resources

Section 2: Building Projects with Chef - Online Platform Automation

Lecture 22 Introduction to Project

Lecture 23 AWS Nodes Connections for Chef

Lecture 24 AWS Nodes Connections for Chef Continue

Lecture 25 Visual Studio Code for Chef

Lecture 26 Setting Chefdk on Chef-Workstation

Lecture 27 Resources and Ruby Coding Principles

Lecture 28 Deploying Recipes on Local Mode

Lecture 29 Deploying Recipes on Local Mode Continue

Lecture 30 Creating Cookbook

Lecture 31 Running in Chef-Solo

Lecture 32 Configuring Cloud Based

Lecture 33 Configuring Cloud Based Continue

Lecture 34 Bootstrapping Chef Node

Lecture 35 Installing MYSQL Server

Lecture 36 Centralized Chef Server

Lecture 37 Setting up Databases

Lecture 38 Configuring WebServer

Lecture 39 Configuring WebServer Continue

Lecture 40 More on Configuring WebServer

Lecture 41 Deploying Registration

Lecture 42 Top of Apache

Section 3: Advanced Chef Project - Multi-Node and Server Automation

Lecture 43 Introduction to Project

Lecture 44 Configuring Workstation

Lecture 45 Configuring Server on Cloud

Lecture 46 Configuring Server on Cloud Continue

Lecture 47 Configuring Node with Server

Lecture 48 Editing Receipes on Server

Lecture 49 Adding Multiple Nodes

Lecture 50 Instally Python 2 Through Chef

Section 4: Virtual Machine Automation and Configuration

Lecture 51 Introduction to Project

Lecture 52 Case Study

Lecture 53 Creating Project Road-Map

Lecture 54 Creating Project Road-Map Continue

Lecture 55 Creating Virtual Machines Through AWS

Lecture 56 SSH Connection Between Nodes

Lecture 57 SSH Connection Between Nodes Continue

Lecture 58 Chef-Client

Lecture 59 Installing Chef-Client to Workstation

Lecture 60 Standalone Chef Machine

Lecture 61 Standalone Chef Machine Continue

Lecture 62 Running Cookbooks

Lecture 63 Running Cookbooks Continue

Lecture 64 Creating Cloud

Lecture 65 Centric Chef Repo

Lecture 66 Sync Between Centralized Server

Lecture 67 Client

Lecture 68 Ohai

Lecture 69 Node Object

Lecture 70 Automating MOTD Dynamically

Lecture 71 Automating MOTD Dynamically Continue

Lecture 72 Implementing User

Lecture 73 Defined Attributes

Lecture 74 Deploying Recipe on Nginx

DevOps Engineers looking to enhance their automation skills.,System Administrators interested in automating infrastructure management.,Cloud Engineers who want to integrate Chef into their cloud deployments.,IT Professionals and Developers seeking to learn infrastructure as code.,Students and Beginners aiming to break into the field of DevOps and IT automation.