Chef, part 4 of 6: Chef Server and Supermarket
Interactive

Chef, part 4 of 6: Chef Server and Supermarket

LearnNow Online
Updated Mar 13, 2019

Course description

Chef takes the process of software deployment and converts it into code making managing your infrastructure smoother and more efficient. This course covers how the Chef server works as a central artifact store and distribution mechanism that manages scale, complexity, and safeguarding your systems. Also, it covers using the Chef Supermarket, an online place to collaborate or get cookbooks written by other authors.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Basic System Administration Remote administration Basic Unix command-line navigation

Robin Beck

Robin has completed two B.A.'s in astronomy and physics and is a Certified Chef Developer. Currently he delivers in-person and virtual trainings in DevOps and produces educational content for online learning spaces. Robin continues delivering world-class trainings on DevOps and Cloud Automation technologies.

Video Runtime

88 Minutes

Time to complete

108 Minutes

Course Outline

Chef Server and Supermarket

Chef Server (37:57)

  • Introduction (00:10)
  • Chef Server (02:04)
  • Why Chef Server (06:11)
  • Chef Server Signup (07:39)
  • Upload Cookbooks (06:42)
  • Reconfigure Vagrant (06:12)
  • Bootstrapping (08:46)
  • Summary (00:10)

Supermarket (51:01)

  • Introduction (00:10)
  • Supermarket (01:37)
  • Exploring Supermarket (08:37)
  • Wrapper Cookbooks (12:47)
  • Adding WebServer Members (09:26)
  • Managing Cookbooks (09:50)
  • Lab: Load Balancer (08:22)
  • Summary (00:10)
;