Stephen Nelson-Smith

Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef (eBook, PDF)

Bring Behavior-Driven Development to Infrastructure as Code

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Since Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef first appeared in mid-2011, infrastructure testing has begun to flourish in the web ops world. In this revised and expanded edition, author Stephen Nelson-Smith brings you up to date on this rapidly evolving discipline, including the philosophy driving it and a growing array of tools. Youll get a hands-on introduction to the Chef framework, and a recommended toolchain and workflow for developing your own test-driven production infrastructure.Several exercises and examples throughout the book help you gain experience with Chef and the entire infrastructure-testing ecosystem. Learn how this test-first approach provides increased security, code quality, and peace of mind.Explore the underpinning philosophy that infrastructure can and should be treated as codeBecome familiar with the MASCOT approach to test-driven infrastructureUnderstand the basics of test-driven and behavior-driven development for managing changeDive into Chef fundamentals by building an infrastructure with real examplesDiscover how Chef works with tools such as Virtualbox and VagrantGet a deeper understanding of Chef by learning Ruby language basicsLearn the tools and workflow necessary to conduct unit, integration, and acceptance tests

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449372606
• Artikelnr.: 39705559

Autorenporträt

Stephen Nelson-Smith (@LordCope) is principal consultant at Atalanta Systems, a fast-growing agile infrastructure consultancy, and Opscode training and solutions partner in Europe. One of the foundational members of the emerging Devops movement, he has been implementing configuration management and automation systems for five years for clients ranging from Sony, the UK government and Mercado Libre to startups amongst the burgeoning London 'Silicon Roundabout' community. A UNIX sysadmin, Ruby and Python programmer, and lean and agile practitioner, his professional passion is ensuring operations teams deliver value to the business. He is the author of the popular blog http://agilesysadmin.net, and lives in Hampshire, UK, where he enjoys outdoor pursuits, his family, reading, and opera.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: The Philosophy of Test-Driven Infrastructure
Chapter 2: An Introduction to Ruby
Chapter 3: An Introduction to Chef
Chapter 4: Using Chef with Tools
Chapter 5: An Introduction to Test- and Behavior-Driven Development
Chapter 6: A Test-Driven Infrastructure Framework
Chapter 7: Test-Driven Infrastructure: A Recommended Toolchain
Chapter 8: Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Colophon