Chef, part 5 of 6: Managing Nodes and Roles

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 managing nodes in your infrastructure system, assigning roles to manage groups of nodes as well as how to index and search your infrastructure

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.

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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

98 Minutes

Time to complete

118 Minutes

Course Outline

Managing Nodes and Roles

Managing Nodes (37:42)

• Introduction (00:10)
• Managing Nodes (01:03)
• Adding Nodes (05:46)
• Lab: Bootstrap Node (10:09)
• Verifying Nodes (07:10)
• Bonus Chef Client (13:13)
• Summary (00:10)

Roles (31:15)

• Introduction (00:10)
• Roles (01:08)
• Describing Roles (03:23)
• Creating Roles (10:43)
• Load Balancer Role (05:44)
• Bonus Knife SSH (09:55)
• Summary (00:10)

Index and Search (29:57)

• Introduction (00:10)
• Indexing and Search (00:55)
• Search Index (03:31)
• Knife Search (08:28)
• Dynamic Load Balancer (11:00)
• Lab: Testing Dynamic IB (05:40)
• Summary (00:10)