Mischa Taylor, Seth Vargo

Learning Chef

A Guide to Configuration Management and Automation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Solve configuration management issues in enterprises large and small with Chef, the software tool that helps system administrators unravel configuration problems and explore new avenues in automation, deployment, and orchestration. With this practical guide, you ll quickly learn the basics of Chef before diving into complex use cases.
Not only will this book enable you to solve detailed issues, such as the best way to manage 400 EC2 nodes, but it will also help you understand the changing organizational politics and thought-processes that come with infrastructure automation. Gain a firm understanding of Chef: Who created it and what problems does it solve? Set up your workstation and workflow: Installing Chef can be a headache. There's no prescribed workflow that s useful for everyone. Write custom recipes: Because every infrastructure is different, you may need to write a custom recipe. Writing good cookbooks is crucial for having a sustainable infrastructure. Tailor Chef to your infrastructure: Eventually, even custom recipes won't be enough. You ll want to extend the Chef s core functionality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 363
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 177mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781491944936
• ISBN-10: 1491944935
• Artikelnr.: 40148415

Autorenporträt

Mischa Taylor is a consultant at Chef, a fast-growing Seattle-based startup responsible for creating the Chef platform, which makes it easy to quickly automate development processes and move business processes into the cloud. He has spent his career focusing on building high quality products and increasing engineering productivity within organizations. Mischa is an author, speaker and mentor on software development topics and neuromorphic computing. Seth Vargo is a Developer Advocate at Google. Previously he worked at HashiCorp, Chef Software, CustomInk, and a few Pittsburgh-based startups. He is the author of Learning Chef and is passionate about reducing inequality in technology. When he is not writing, working on open source, teaching, or speaking at conferences, Seth enjoys spending time with his friends and advising non-profits.